#fes

What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#historical #institutions #losing #new #old

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

#confess #more #sell #sins #will

But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

#bring #concerts #connect #each #festivals

For me, the safest place is out on a limb. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#me #out #place #safest

We are not yet at the point where our size, our being the drama industry, is sufficient to support full time professional crews, and that is very very important. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#crews #drama #full #important #industry

The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state. ↗

— James Madison

#church #devotion #increased #industry #manifestly

Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#i #i am #imposed #lifestyle #me

I have a whole different type of lifestyle. ↗

— Lawrence Taylor

#i #lifestyle #type #whole

I started to act in highschool and became a professional actor at 19. ↗

— Nick Mancuso

#actor #became #i #professional #started

Both of my parents are professors and everyone in my family has some fabulous degree of something or another and I couldn't get into college because I didn't know a language. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

#because #both #college #degree #everyone