"Literary revolution and revolutionary literature did not create a beautiful new world but instead divested literature of its basic nature, promoted violence, and, by resorting to linguistic violence, made a battlefield of this domain of spiritual freedom."

-- Gao Xingjian

#Beautiful Quotes #Spiritual Quotes #Revolution Quotes

“What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.”
“Poets have to keep pushing, pushing, against the darkness, and write their way out of it as well.”

Source : "Push, Push Against the Darkness: An Interview with Anne Waldman on The Iovis Trilogy". Interview with Jim Cohn, www.raintaxi.com. 2012.
“I am a tragically bad artist.”
“All you 'Twilight' fans, can't thank you really enough for being so supportive. You're real cool people.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Many-sidedness of culture makes our vision clearer and keener in particulars.”
“I've reached a point where I'm comfortable in my own skin, and I do what I need to do, to feel good, but I'm built the way I am. The dancer's feet, the bruises on my legs, they're not going to go away. I think real girls have bruises. Tough chicks get bruised. They get dirty. And they have fun.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I guess I'm a pretty curious person. I like doing new things. I like being challenged. I'm competitive. Trying to beat my personal best.”
“The wheel goes round and round, some are up and some are on the down, and still the wheel goes round.”

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