"You can't tell a story linearly if you want people to understand."

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Source : Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton (2007). “How Full Is Your Bucket? Educator's Edition: Positive Strategies for Work and Life”, Simon and Schuster

Lawrence Wright

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“Self-parody is the first portent of age.”
“I don't have anyone telling me to change things or giving me unwanted opinions. It's just me and my band making music. It's nice for a change.”
“This was the shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead, and had no shape, should usurp the offices of life. And this again, that that insurgent horror was knit to him closer than a wife, closer than an eye; lay caged in his flesh, where he heard it mutter and felt it struggle to be born; and at every hour of weakness, and in the confidence of slumber, prevailed against him, and deposed him out of life.”
“If you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might say that the Holy Spirit is present in each of us, and thus we have the capacity for the fullness of redemption, of transformation.”
“With Dustin Hoffman, I just enjoyed the fact he was this flamboyent and very ironic person that still followed my desire to make Baldini in the Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer not simply a joke, or the funny guy, but also a personality and a character.”
“The â€œnew blackâ€ doesnâ€™t blame other races for our issues. The â€œnew blackâ€ dreams and realizes that itâ€™s not a pigmentation; itâ€™s a mentality. And itâ€™s either going to work for you, or itâ€™s going to work against you. And youâ€™ve got to pick the side youâ€™re gonna be on.”
“As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.”
“I was into the music, but the idea of showing up places on time or having to tell people when you're not going to be somewhere - that just didn't even cross my mind.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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