"That's the way I feel about the world: there are certain problems that can only be dealt with that way - going out and doing them. As ugly a truth as that is, I do think it's the truth about the world."

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Woody Allen

#Thinking Quotes #World Quotes #Ugly Quotes

“Many times in life, those who do the most correcting, need the most correcting.”
“What's really good is African drum music.”
“Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.”
“Prayer is the practice of drawing on the grace of God. Don't say, "I will endure this until I can get away and pray." Pray now - draw on the grace of God in your moment of need. Prayer is the most normal and useful thing; it is not simply a reflex action of your devotion to God. We are very slow to learn to draw on God's grace through prayer.”
“People have been starving for intellectual fodder, but the best way to get people to close their eyes and not say anything is to tell them that they're not smart enough to comprehend.”

Source : "A New Standard: Kamasi Washington's Modern Jazz Revolution". Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. June 9, 2015.
“I am not a socialite, though I seem to have got the reputation for being one. I have some very good friends who happen to be in so-called Society; but Society as such is a bore and holds no fascination for me.”
“Find out what schismogenesis means. Schismogenesis is anthropology. It says relationships between people are not stable. They are either moving up or moving down. The same is true for brands. You need to understand where you are.”
“Art begins when a man wishes to immortalize the most vivid moment he has ever lived.”

Source : Arthur Symons, Karl E. Beckson (1989). “Arthur Symons, selected letters, 1880-1935”, Univ of Iowa Pr

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