"People have always frightened and bored me consequently I have been within my own shell."

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Source : Jackson Pollock (2011). “American Letters: 1927-1947”, p.16, Polity

Jackson Pollock

#People Quotes #Bored Quotes #Shells Quotes

“Its a call-to-action to rise from the dead and actually live. Were born spiritually dead, and Im calling for everyone to become spiritually alive. Secondly, dont wait until later to live the way you were created. God created you to honor Him, find joy, and serve others. Dont sleep on that. Lastly, rise above the low expectations people have.”
“William Shakespeare sounds to me like some kind of faggot.”
“I hate it when my leg falls asleep. I know that means it's going to be up all night.”
“A curious thing happened: the terrains of England began to impinge on my consciousness, altering, then effacing, the world outside the library windowâ€¦ I was wrapped in a pleasurable dreaminess. I was in a better place. If true life existed elsewhere, then I had almost found it.”
“I hate pork rinds. I couldn't imagine how anybody would ever get the idea of taking skin from a pig and frying it and then trying to sell it to people. And then people actually buy it to eat it. That is the true sign of the decline of the human race.”
“To be honest with you, I (would) much rather play basketball and not be famous.”
“If you only do what you like, who's going to do what you don't like?”

Source : Kyung-Sook Shin (2011). “Please Look After Mom”, p.70, Vintage
“The White Company offers its loyalists an altogether better, whiter world. The White people have edited out any colours that aren't white, off-white, milk chocolate, grey, taupe or black. They can't be doing with Johnnie Boden's cheery Sloane jokes, his spots and stripes, his occasional 'if it's me, it's U' loud colours.”

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