"Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right."

-- Fay Wray

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Cabinets Quotes

“I'm not really an autobiographical writer, though I use lots of stuff from my life to make my stories seem real. But when I actually write about myself, I get very confused.”
“Why do so many of us not give ourselves permission to be alive until we are absolutely assured that we will die? ...If we are not in [this present millisecond of life and conscious experience], we are not alive; we are merely thinking our lives. Yet we have seen so many die, looking back over their shoulders at their lives, shaking their heads and muttering in bewilderment, "What was that all about?"”
“We will be spending less in the transfer market in future years.”

Source : "Abramovich: no more of the big spender" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2006.
“People are scared to empty their minds fearing that they will be engulfed by the void. What they don't realize is that their own mind is the void.”
“And it's just a hunt?" Bea asked. "Just tracking the guy down, or are we going to have to do a little covering up of our own?" Had she just told me she was willing to kill someone and cover it up? She gave me a happy smile, but that glint in her eyes told me that, yes, she'd just offered to off someone.”
“I'm unclear on the definition of person the courts have been using. Something that sieves out dolphins but lets corporations slide on through.”

Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2014). “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves”, p.305, Serpent's Tail
“When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it. It humbles me that companies want me. It's a challenge to uphold their values and make their product look good. I take that personally.”
“I like the idea of it as a trickster motif. You know like you're kind of just messing around with people's memories of songs.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com

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