"The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering."

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Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”

Adrienne Monnier

#Sight Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue.”
“Stand up, be counted. We have the numbers.”
“So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and doing new things.”
“I fight to take a good photograph every single time.”
“If you took every pop song to heart, you'd be a bleeding romantic with a crushed heart every five minutes.”

Source : Source: chicagoist.com
“I think any songwriter or record, no matter how good it is, can become tedious if it's the same person's point of view. After four tracks, you start to get worn down no matter how good it is. It can be relentlessly good, but it's still going to wear you out.”
“I just thought: Oh goodness, you can wear nice clothes and get your hair done and still be a feminist and a serious intellectual.”

Source : "Jacqueline Rose: a life in writing" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2012.
“The grand assertion is that you must see the world through probability and that probability is the only guide you need.”

Source : "Understanding Uncertainty". Book by Dennis Lindley (Chapter 5 "The Rules of Probability", p. 66), 2006.

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