"All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation."

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Source : Michael Chekhov, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ (1963). “To the director and playwright”

Michael Chekhov

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“Without a body and without time, I wasn't disturbed by my ego or by the function or dysfunction of my brain and memory. And during my pure perception within the source, I had no opinion either. I didn't even have an 'I.' An opinion is tied to the ego, and the ego to the body. Without any of this, there was only objective consciousness.”
“Confusion has seized us, and all things go wrong, The women have leaped from their spheres, And, instead of fixed stars, shoot as comets along, And are setting the world by the ears!”
“I still believe that many Americans have a deep longing for that glorious moment when a sermon is more Biblical than American.”
“When I was younger, I made some decisions that I shouldn't have. And, in hindsight, I've almost always been wrong when I haven't listened to myself.”

Source : "Age of experience". Interview with Burhan Wazir, www.theguardian.com. December 7, 2002.
“Warm-heartedne ss and concern for othersâ€™ well-being are a condition for happiness, whether you are religious or not.”
“A journey may be long or short, but it must start at the very spot one finds oneself.”

Source : Jim Stovall (2010). “The Ultimate Gift: A Novel”, p.9, David C Cook
“You are so obtuse!" BrontÃ« says, exasperated. I am calm in my response. "Do you mean stupid, or angular? You need to be more specific with your insults.”
“What is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we've been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.”

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