"I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble."

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Bayard Rustin

#Believe Quotes #Creative Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“My first film role was a reporter. It's funny, because my father was a news reporter. I always thought there was something strange about that.”
“In high school, I didn't get the chance to wrestle varsity until my senior year because I had an older brother who was better than me.”
“The United States is sending its most powerful drone to Libya. Thatâ€™s a long trip for Joe Biden.”
“How a man perceives substance dictates the amount of substance in a man. To know the depth of anyone's true substance, simply measure the weight of what consumes and excites their inner drive.”
“Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve. -The Joker”
“When Benjamin Disraeli spoke of the 'two nations' in Britain he was perfectly right, only the working classes were not exactly a nation. But the gap in behavioral standards and in outlook, and of course in standards of living, were enormous. And in course of time, at least in countries such as Britain, the working classes more or less adopted and have become assimilated to the standards of the so-called 'gentle' classes. That is assimilation.The working class has hardly been able to govern, but they are no longer outsiders in relation to the state as they were before.”

Source : Source: quod.lib.umich.edu
“The trick is: you have to feel good for no reason.”
“Strew your gladness on earth's bed, So be merry, so be dead.”

Source : Charles Hamilton Sorley (1978). “The poems and selected letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley”

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