"The young show the genetic process, the old merely die of it."

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Source : Hortense Calisher (2013). “Standard Dreaming: A Novella”, p.48, Open Road Media

Hortense Calisher

#Process Quotes #Young Quotes #Shows Quotes

“Nirvana is the complete silencing of concepts.”
“To help others develop, start with yourself! When the boss acts like a little god and tells everyone else they need to improve, that behavior can be copied at every level of management. Every level then points out how the level below it needs to change. The end result: No one gets much better.”
“I came up poor. My mother only had a fourth-grade education. My dad didn't have any education at all. But they were very structured. They worked hard. You know, they didn't complain. They didn't murmur. And they believe in the Christ.”
“I want to go to places that are unexpected of me, because people really think they have me pegged. I want to do something different, like maybe do a space movie or a musical.”

Source : "Lee Daniels Makes It Personal". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 5, 2012.
“Nowhere Man embodies one of my favorite themes - the hero completely out of his element. Its really near and dear to my heart.”
“I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong.”
“I absolutely love Vancouver! One, because the city is beautiful and very easily walkable, and two, because the city keeps giving me work!”
“My parents got carried away with the letter P when they were naming the kids in our family. There's me, Paula, my sisters Peggy and Patty, and my brother Pjimmy, spelled with a silent P.”

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