"She taught you how to be a person who refuses anything but the meaningful."

--

Source : "SUSAN SONTAG / 1933-2004 / Indomitable critic silenced by cancer" by Kenneth Baker, www.sfgate.com. December 29, 2004.

Michael Silverblatt

#Meaningful Quotes #Taught Quotes #Refuse Quotes

“Paste Magazine needs to stay in business! It's the first non-sensational quality music and film publication that doesn't only attempt to appeal to middle-aged male Bob Dylan completionists! And there are still many of us who love to pick up a print magazine instead of going online.”
“The future does not exist, because nobody has ever experienced it. You can only ever experience a present moment.”
“We see violence to forcibly seize land, at any price, murders and corruption.”
“Good listening works magic... Listen intently intentionally!”
“At the current rate of 28 miles of SBInet [Secure Border Initiative network] technology every 4.5 years, it would take 320 years - or until the year 2330 - to deploy SBInet technology across the Southwest border. That statistic would be comical if the subject matter were not so serious.”
“Good morning! What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for four hundred thousand.”

Source : "Woodstock", www.imdb.com. 1970.
“This civilisation is the work of man, who high-handedly and ignorant of the true workings of Nature, has created a world without meaning or foundation, which now threatens to destroy him, for through his behaviour and his activities, he, who should be her master, has disturbed NatureÃ¤s inherent unity.”

Source : Viktor Schauberger, Callum Coats (1999). “The Water Wizard – The Extraordinary Properties of Natural Water: Volume 1 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger’s Eco-Technology Series”, p.9, Gill & Macmillan Ltd
“I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter a studio; it's always had a certain magic to me that has never worn off with familiarity.”

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