"Shame derives its power from being unspeakable."

-- BrenÃ© Brown

“A capitalist economy hums when leading businessmen are bubbling with animal spirits and are prepared to sink their money into risky ventures.”
“Black music has always known, and not been afraid to acknowledge just how high the stakes of Black thought are. To summarize the final soliloquy of Clay, the protagonist in LeRoi Jonesâ€™ (aka Amiri Barakaâ€™s) play Dutchman. Youâ€™d better be glad Charlie Parker could play him some horn and Bessie Smith could sing, because if they didnâ€™t make music they might murder you. One would be hard pressed to find another group of people on this planet whose music is a surrogate for murder. One would be hard pressed to another group of people on this planet whose life is a proxy for death.”
“I've already had to wait so long." "How long?" Luce asked. "Not so long that I've forgotten that you're worth everything. Every sacrifice. Every pain.”
“Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.”
“It is ridiculous to believe that Greece might be taking in one million migrants, registering them, then giving refuge to those who have a right to asylum and sending everyone back that does not. Greece is not doing that. We can blame the Greeks for that, but at the same time we should change the Dublin Regulation. When we insist on this unrealistic procedure, it means nothing more than that we are defending Dublin while renouncing Schengen.”
“Often we don't notice the stringent rules to which our culture subjects us.”
“Some folks' tongues are like the clocks as run on strikin', not to tell you the time o' the day, but because there's summat wrong i' their own inside.”
“The damage that we do in the service of whatever motivates us in life has a direct effect, mostly on our kids.”

Source : "Rampart Director, Oren Moverman Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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