"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche

#Depression Quotes #Dance Quotes #Courage Quotes

“I'm a little bit allergic to the whole brand thing to be honest but maybe it's just happening around me and I'm not really aware of it.”
“There came a moment in the middle of the song when he suddenly felt every heartbeat in the room & after that he never forgot that he was part of something much bigger”
“I know of no wars started by anyone to impose lack of religion on someone else. We have lethal Sunni v Shia, Catholic against Protestant, but no agnostic suicide bombers attack crowded atheist pubs.”

Source : "Simon Hoggart's week: Ever heard of an agnostic suicide bomber?" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2012.
“I want to be able to challenge myself. And do things that are away from what I usually do. Stand-up is safe for me. I can do stand-up in front of twenty-five thousand people, and I'm like, "I know how to do this. This is what I do." I want to be a little scared.”
“Never be satisfied with a first draft. In fact, never be satisfied with your own stuff at all, until you're certain it's as good as your finite powers can enable it to be.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction (part two)". www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.”
“If I may venture to be frank I would say about myself that I was every inch a gentleman ...”
“On solemn asses fall plush sinecures, So keep a straight face and sit tight on yours.”

Source : X. J. Kennedy (1973). “Emily Dickinson in Southern California”

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