#mon

Before Vatican II, in theology, as in other areas, the discipline was fixed. After the council there has been a revolution - a chaotic revolution - with free discussion on everything. There is now no common theology or philosophy as there was before. ↗

— Godfried Danneels

#areas #been #before #chaotic #common

We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#controlling #dreams #escape #free #into

Common sense is genius in homespun. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#common sense #genius #homespun #sense

I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice. ↗

— Lindsay Davenport

#born #choice #come #family #had

Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep. ↗

— Ray Davies

#corruption #crooked #hearing #keep #know

Well, it's not full time - my dancers are only paid for six months of the year in two three-month blocks; but yes, it is possible we could do it in another year. ↗

— Siobhan Davies

#blocks #could #dancers #full #months

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. ↗

— Bette Davis

#chance #create #dream #fulfill #given

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#brother #different #different world #europe #first

I'm just tired of everything…even of the echoes. There is nothing in my life but echoes…echoes of lost hopes and dreams and joys. They're beautiful and mocking. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#l-m-montgomery #beauty

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star. ↗

— Bette Davis

#known #monster #star #until #you