"Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs--which we ignore in the belief that they possess no deeper significance. Yet it is precisely in their being regarded as unimportant that they take on importance. For in them we ritualize and dramatize attitudes which contradict and often embarrass the sacred values which we proclaim through our solemn ceremonies and rituals of nationhood."

-- Ralph Ellison

#Growing Up Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Our Society Quotes

“A plot is two dogs and one bone.”

Source : Robert Newton Peck (1988). “Secrets of successful fiction”, Accord Communications Ltd
“We are all missionary disciples”
“Understanding child development takes the emphasis away from the child's character--looking at the child as good or bad. The emphasis is put on behavior as communication. Discipline is thus seen as problem-solving. The child is helped to learn a more acceptable manner of communication.”
“I've done loads of things people have never seen - dramas on BBC4 and plays upstairs at the Royal Court and the Bush - and because I didn't go to drama school, they gave me an education.”

Source : "Rafe Spall: from fat to fit". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2013.
“Consider thyself to be dead, and to have completed thy life up to the present time; and live according to nature the remainder which is allowed thee.”
“Before mobile phones, I used to call my parents from a phone box and reverse the charges.”
“I love the hour in makeup. It gives you time to think and have a cup of coffee. It's my favorite part of the day.”
“...humanity learns true lessons only in cataclysm.”

Source : Daniel H. Wilson (2011). “Robopocalypse”, p.251, Simon and Schuster

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