Thursday, June 02, 2005
“Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.”
- Eric Hoffer (1902 – 1983), American philosopher: “The Passionate State of Mind”, 1955.
“You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past – whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.”
- Bob Dylan (b. 1941), American singer and songwriter: ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues and the Blond Waltz’, “Tarantula”, 1970.
“The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick.”
- Angela Carter (1940 – 1992), British author: “The Sadeian Woman”, 1979.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 – 1983), American philosopher: “The Passionate State of Mind”, 1955.
“You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past – whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.”
- Bob Dylan (b. 1941), American singer and songwriter: ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues and the Blond Waltz’, “Tarantula”, 1970.
“The notion of a universality of human experience is a confidence trick and the notion of a universality of female experience is a clever confidence trick.”
- Angela Carter (1940 – 1992), British author: “The Sadeian Woman”, 1979.
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