"Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt."

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Source : "Complete Phil Ochs: Chords of Fame". Book edited by Tom Nolan and Mark Eliot, 1978.

Phil Ochs

#World Quotes #Defeat Quotes #Absurdity Quotes

“When you try to be true to the script, changes occur. A script is there to show us a certain direction. But when you actually have the actors in and you start shooting the movie, you have the actor say a line and it doesn't sound right so you change it and make it different. It's the script that gives birth to these changes and the more you try to stay true to the script, the more that happens.”
“Crow walked toward her, arms outstretched like a man in a dream, which he was, in a way. Sometimes a dream is enough.”
“The birth of Jesus is the sunrise in the Bible.”
“We are so very rich if we know just a few people in a way in which we know no others.”
“When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.”
“My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling paint set. A hat. Good shoes. A nice pleated (green?) skirt for the occasional seaside hotel afternoon dance.”
“The idea of playing a part where I get to wear a completely undetectable hairpiece... you can't walk away from that.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“[D]etachment means letting go and nonattachment means simply letting be. (95)”

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