"I wish you all the pleasurable excitement one can have without hurting others and one's own dignity."

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Source : "Portret van een socioloog". VPRO, April 23, 1975.

Norbert Elias

#Hurt Quotes #Wish Quotes #Dignity Quotes

“The big stars I felt a kinship with were never the romantic leads. It wasn't Steve McQueen or Robert Redford - it was people like Walter Matthau and Anthony Quinn. My big hero was Tommy Cooper.”
“A legend can just as well be founded in the future as in the past." "It's called a 'prophecy,'" Urruah said. "You may have heard of the concept.”
“Can you believe the weather?'...'Actually, I CAN believe the weather. What I can't believe is that I'm actually having a conversation about the weather.”
“Woman is the most superstitious animal beneath the moon. When a woman has a premonition that Tuesday will be a disaster, to which a man pays no heed, he will very likely lose his fortune then. This is not meant to be an occult or mystic remark. The female body is a vessel, and the universe drops its secrets into her far more quickly than it communicates them to the male.”

Source : Edward Dahlberg (1965). “Reasons of the heart”
“I've always been clever enough to surround myself with the best in whatever field I'm working in... Good people make you look good.”
“Writing for the theater is a whole different can of fish. The music now has the responsibility of so many things. The plot could be giving you different views of the character; the emotional highlights of a moment.”

Source : Interview with Pati Buehler, www.broadwayworld.com. June 13, 2004.
“Etta James is my all-time favorite singer. I've said it in every interview, in every story, in every on- and off-camera question. That music was always such a huge escape for me, even from a young age.”
“I'm ingrained in a lot of - almost too many - causes and struggles around the world because that's where I come from.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com

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