"Desire's wind blasts the thorntree but after it becomes from a bramblebush to be a rose upon the rood of time."

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James Joyce

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“When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next novel, so that I usually don't write, or take notes. And I certainly don't begin. I just allow things to percolate for a while.”
“And though it be their sin and vanity that is the cause [of lust], it is nevertheless your sin to be the unnecessary occasionâ€¦You must not lay a stumbling-block in their way, nor blow up the fire of their lustâ€¦You must walk among sinful persons as you would do with a candle among straw or gunpowder; or else you may see the flame which you did not foresee, when it is too late to quench it.”
“If you bring your sexual impulses to your creative work... you'll be working from deep in the genetic code, down where life wants to make new life and feel good in the process.”
“If Hitlerâ€™s still alive, I hope heâ€™s out of town with a musical.”
“There is separation of colored people from white people in the United States. That separation is not a disease of colored people. It is a disease of white people. And, I do not intend to be quiet about it.”
“A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions. The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an excuse for his actions.”
“The club shows are really intense and powerful, but for a shorter time, and the audiences are in close proximity than when I'm performing at The Palace Theatre.”
“If some actors were more realistic and others bordering on caricature, that would have been imbalanced. It would be as if we saw an airplane in a 3 Musketeers movie.”

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