"I always speak the truth. Not the whole truth, because there's no way, to say it all. Saying it all is literally impossible: words fail. Yet it's through this very impossibility that the truth holds onto the real."

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Source : "The Truth Was Always Revolutionary": Luc Rioual on Laurent Binet's The Seventh Function of Language", logger.believermag.com. August 11, 2017.

Jacques Lacan

#Real Quotes #Way Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“To live in the moment and in the future at the same time would seem to me to be the trick.”
“The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.”
“There have been times of late when I have had to hold on to one text with all my might: "It is required in stewards that a man may be found faithful." Praise God, it does not say "sucessful.”
“Real power comes by empowering others.”
“I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work.”
“When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth.”
“It lasted but a year of two, till all the routes were done. The pace so fast that most forgot that climbing could be fun.”
“We are born with only one obligation - to be completely who we are.”

Source : Mark Nepo (2011). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)”, p.11, Conari Press

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