"I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead."

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Source : Witold Gombrowicz, Dominique de Roux (1973). “A kind of testament”, Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Witold Gombrowicz

#Lectures Quotes #Distinguished Quotes #Valet Quotes

“Is not all creation a transgression?”
“If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to carpet the whole of the earth.”

Source : Anthony De Mello (2012). “One Minute Wisdom”, p.38, Image
“I've done TV, but never where you're given this much time to live with a character, to study the tone and hone it and repair stuff, to go back and watch old episodes and go, "Oh no, that's a misstep. That's a victory. I should do more of that, less of that."”
“We have to stop meeting like this." And that was the truest thing ever spoke. I needed to stop staring at his bicep... and chest... and tattoo. Never thought the sun could be so... sexy. Wow. This was awkward. "You running over me, me almost running over you?" Cam elaborated. "It's like we're a catastrophe waiting to happen.”
“Music is one of those art forms that you can get pretty immediate feedback by just doing it and getting better at it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We're all attracted to the perfume of fermenting joy, we've all tried to start a fire, and one day maybe it will blaze up on its own. In the meantime, she is the one today among us most able to bear the idea of her own beauty...”

Source : Tony Hoagland, “Grammar”
“I don't lie; I improve on my life.”
“Singing always came naturally but the writing side is something I have always had to work hard at to get from good songs to great songs.”

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