"There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire."

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Source : moss hart (1959). “act one”

Moss Hart

#Family Quotes #Piano Quotes #Wire Quotes

“Just like you could dump oil into the Cuyahoga in the 60s and let someone else foot the bill, today you can pump CO2 into the atmosphere and let the whole world foot the bill.”
“In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that some of its citizens weren't much happier about taxation with representation.”
“Since free men cannot judge for themselves what endangers their freedom if they believe it is never in danger, it is the chief burden of the public school curriculum to persuade children that their liberty is always secure.”
“I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.”
“I hope what I do when I draw from other people's lives is pay tribute. To try to understand what it means in our society to be silenced. To try to understand how class and gender intersect with that. To try to understand how being named and classified within the context of psychiatry can intersect with all that, as well.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Any good business person applies financial discipline to everything they do. The movie business is and should be no different; I don't believe you have to sacrifice creativity to have business success. To the contrary, great art requires discipline.”
“Dance is communication, and so the great challenge is to speak clearly, beautifully and with inevitability.”
“Not why the addiction, but why the pain.”

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