"The Christian in prayer comes up close to God, with a humble boldness of faith, and takes hold of him, wrestles with him; yea, will not let him go without a blessing... They are only a few noble-spirited souls, who dare take heaven by force, that are fit for this calling."

-- William Gurnall

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“Like mercy from heaven's gate, there's a freedom in your arms that carries me through. I need you.”
“Boulez's only concern is with power. He lost the leadership of the avant-guard more than ten years ago to Stockhausen. Now others have moved in. With the need for power, where was he to go? So he chose to be a conductor. He is a wonderful musician, a wonderful intelligence. It's a pity there is no humanity there. Does he have sex? I think not. When men have no sex, they go after power in this big, obsessive way.”
“The way to mend the bad world is to create the right world.”
“I think the moment I discovered I definitely wanted to act was when I saw a play alone by myself when I was fourteen. Maybe it was a Moliere play? I discovered the atmosphere of the theater, and I knew I wanted to be an actor.”
“Most of authors seek fame, but I seek for justice - a holier impulse than ever entered into the ambitious struggles of the votaries of that fickle, flirting goddess.”
“It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning he would be hearing exactly what each of the other guests thought of him.”

Source : 1959 Of opening night reviews.The Ape In Me.
“A thunder-storm!â€”the eloquence of heaven, When every cloud is from its slumber riven, Who hath not paused beneath its hollow groan, And felt Omnipotence around him thrown? With what a gloom the ushâ€™ring scene appears! The leaves all shivâ€™ring with instinctive fears, The waters curling with a fellow dread, A veiling fervour round creation spread, And, last, the heavy rainâ€™s reluctant shower, With big drops pattâ€™ring on the tree and bower, While wizard shapes the bowing sky deform,â€” All mark the coming of the thunder-storm!”
“I was having a good time before, but you grow up after a couple years and realize, "I can't get drunk like this every night." Things change.”

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