"I was eventually to become one person, gathered up maybe, during a pause, at a comma."

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Source : Lyn Hejinian (2013). “My Life and My Life in the Nineties”, p.19, Wesleyan University Press

Lyn Hejinian

#Persons Quotes

“You know what my philosophy of life is? That itâ€™s important to have some laughs, but you got to suffer a little too, because otherwise you miss the whole point to life.”
“We're a small part of this ecosystem. When we go to a school and talk about investment banking, they are these monster financial conglomerates, and so we end up in the same pot. That is still an issue for us.”
“Asked if Stalin was an antisemite, Robert Conquest replied: Yes, but it hardly noticed. He was broadly and generously anti-human.”
“Modern paintings often seem to have been made quickly, by comparison with the paintings of earlier centuries, and that seems to give us the license to look at them quickly - to consume them and move on.”

Source : "Are Artists Bored by Their Work?" by James Elkins, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 15, 2010.
“We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how you see the building from a distance.”
“I don't think that my lyrics are over-laced with profanity, because I myself don't speak using a lot of profanity in normal conversation. But I think when you're making something aggressive and you need to get a point across, if you're angry, sometimes profanity is necessary. It's better to use a curse word than to hurt somebody else, I find.”
“I do feel that whatever happens, it's important to work with great people and do something great. That's how I feel.”

Source : "Brandon T. Jackson Interview Big Momma's: Like Father, Like Son". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 17, 2011.
“Recently I began reading my old diaries. Back to before the war. Gradually I became very depressed. The reason for that is probably that I wrote only when there were obstacles and halts to the flow of life, seldom when everything was smooth and even. ... As I read I distinctly felt what a half-truth a diary presents.”

Source : Käthe Kollwitz, Hans Kollwitz (1988). “The Diary and Letters of Kaethe Kollwitz”, p.111, Northwestern University Press

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