"Do you shovel to survive, or survive to shovel?"

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Kobo Abe

#Shovels Quotes

“Unfortunately I feel like a lot of the issues that the show [OJ Simpson ] was dealing with are still very much in the forefront of the American consciousness and the world consciousness today. Police misconduct was at the heart of the defense and Johnny Cochran did a masterful job at putting that defense at the forefront of the jury's conscience as opposed to the double homicide of Ron [Goldman] and Nicole [Brown Simpson].”
“The issue isn't just jobs. Even slaves had jobs. The issue is wages.”
“I'd say to anyone trying to break into the business: Don't just be interested in movies. Be interested in life. Be a person. Be in touch.”
“I deserve to have boundaries, and my boundaries are respected. I love and honor myself. I am safe. All is well.”
“It's wonderful to play around with fantasy, because there are an amazing number of as-yet-unbroken rules out there.”
“Advisors are generally brilliant theoreticians but wretched practitioners.”
“Everything that has value has its price. Nothing worth having is ever handed to you gratis.”

Source : Gertrude Lawrence (1945). “A Star Danced”
“You proceed from a false assumption: I have no ego to bruise.”

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