Wendy Beckett (Sister Wendy) Quotes
The dream world, the true freedom of the imagination, does not open to self-conscious manipulation.
Wendy Beckett
Quotes to Explore
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From the moment I wrote 'Leaf Storm' I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and that the only thing left for me to do was to try to be the best writer in the world.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Every burned book enlightens the world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of engaging reality.
Irving Howe
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Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing.
Ice Cube
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I weave the company into what we laughingly call 'Jack's novel.' I write this novel for them about who they are and what's going on in their world. When I had 90 people in 'Porgy and Bess,' each had a story, history and family relationship.
Jack O'Brien
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
Wallace Stevens
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In commendably seeking to protect freedom of speech, we must not lower our defences against the evil of racial and religious intolerance.
Barry O'Farrell
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The crisis of the West is a collapsing culture and vanishing peoples, as a Third World that grows by 100 million people, the equivalent of a new Mexico, every 18 months, mounts the greatest invasion in history of the world. If we do not shake off our paralysis, the West comes to an end.
Pat Buchanan
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If you should ever leave me Though life would still go on, believe me The world could show nothing to me So what good would livin' do me God only knows what I'd be without you…
Brian Wilson
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Everybody enjoys arguing about the current state of music because it feels as if you are talking about something incredibly important, yet it requires little understanding of the subject matter at hand. It's like world politics meets the pink questions in Trivial Pursuit. Points are made but nothing gets accomplished.
John Mayer
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The ideal feminist world shouldn't be one where women suppress their human instincts for attention and desire. We shouldn't be weighed down with the responsibility of explaining our every move. We shouldn't have to apologize for wanting attention, either. We don't owe anyone an explanation.
Emily Ratajkowski
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The world in general has meaning, deep meaning at times. This cannot be dismissed as a delusion, an artifact of chemicals.
Deepak Chopra
