"Doing life consciously was a compelling notion to me."

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Source : Allan Kaprow, Jeff Kelley (2003). “Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life”, p.195, Univ of California Press

Allan Kaprow

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“We need to be ambivalent - in the essay, and in life too. Ambivalence - having mixed feelings, entertaining contradiction, living with fluctuation - is a widened embrace. It's about the coexistence of things, and in that light, we have no choice in the matter.”

Source : "Loitering: A Conversation with Essayist and Author Charles D'Ambrosio". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. February 3, 2016.
“I went to drama school for three years, and the whole thing there is that hopefully you are introduced to a man called William Shakespeare who is the greatest of all time of all storytelling.”

Source : "Hayley Atwell Interview - BRIDESHEAD REVISTED". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 8, 2008.
“Each temple building is an inspiration, magnificent and beautiful in every way, but the temple building alone does not bless. The endowed blessings and divine functionsâ€”come through obedience and faithfulness to priesthood authority and covenants made.”
“I once said to a boy, â€˜Youâ€™re a really good kisser,â€™ and he said, â€˜Youâ€™re only as good as the person youâ€™re kissing.' I think itâ€™s the same with the music. If someone [says], â€˜Your music is really provocative,â€™ Iâ€™m only as provocative as the person thatâ€™s listening to it.”
“In every age states of varying size and constitution and at every level of development have found naval warfare to be one of their most formidable and expensive tasks. Ships have always been large, costly and complicated, and warships much more complicated and costly than any others. Scholars are nowadays inclined to emphasize the power, wealth and sophistication of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and there is not more striking illustration of this than the advanced and elaborate administrative structures of the early English navy.”
“I have assigned many of my father's basses to students, without endangering their lives. Also, they do no harm to the fingers.”
“Most of us will get turned on at night by the very same things that we will demonstrate against during the day - the erotic mind is not very politically correct.”

Source : "The secret to desire in a long-term relationship". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2013.
“If I make a mistake here and there, I'm going to come back and try and play aggressive. This is my game.”

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