"Monotony and repetition are characteristic of many parts of life, but these do not become sources of conscious discomfort until novelty and entertainment are built up as positive experiences."

-- Mary Catherine Bateson

#Change Quotes #Entertainment Quotes #Novelty Quotes

“If 180 million people want to be undead, thatâ€™s their funeral, but I happen to like being alive.”
“I have a hyper-active imagination, my mind tends to jump around a little, and I have some trouble between fantasy and reality.”
“I am grateful to Penske Racing for six very productive years. Together we won a lot of races - 16 in all. I'm proud that we won on a variety of tracks.”
“We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies; it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution. Poignant longings for beauty, for an end to probing below the surface, for a redemption and celebration of the body of the world. Ultimately, having an experience becomes identical with taking a photograph of it.”

Source : Susan Sontag (1978). “On photography”, Delta
“old pear tree starlings announce harvest time”
“Don't think because there's a ring on your finger, you needn't try anymore.”
“If a song is cooking in the studio, that's great, but if I can imagine doing it on stage, that's the next level to me. ... Some people love paintings, and some people love poetry, and of course I love all of that, but when a musician is so in control of her instrument, I'm in awe. That's when I start to kind of evaporate into the universe.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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