"As a guy develops and practices his masculinity, he is accompanied by an invisible male chorus of all the other guys, who hiss orcheer as he attempts to approximate the masculine ideal, who push him to sacrifice more of his humanity for the sake of his masculinity, and who ridicule him when he holds back. The chorus is made up of all the guy's comrades and rivals, his buddies and bosses, his male ancestors and his male cultural heroes--and above all, his father, who may have been a real person in his life, or may have existed only as the myth of the man who got away."

-- Frank Pittman

#Father Quotes #Real Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes

“You need to suffer to be interesting.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Creating things. I love the idea of creation and creativity. Whether it's a character, a short film, a piece of music, a painting, or a bookcase - to watch something go from an idea to a creation is pretty much where it's at for me.”

Source : "Eric Lange from FX's hit show The Bridge". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“April is the two-week-old kitten, the month-old lamb, the six-month-old heifer, the two-year-old girl. Too young to know it has either past or future, it wears the ribbon of the fleeting present as part of itself ...”
“It seems like everyone's listening to fiddles and banjos.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Just looking at me, I am a Black man. Born and bred, through and through. But I am also a lot of things. I am a father. I am a husband. I am a Christian. I am a comic book geek and I'm a creator.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.”
“Life is not supposed to be easy. Stop working so hard to make it that way. Go ahead and handle it!”

Source : "Camila Alves: On What Inspires Her". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I've always said my biggest influence is my, just, the last work I did, the last piece I made.”

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