#ra

It is curious how, from time immemorial, man seems to have associated the idea of evil with beauty, shrunk from it with a sort of ghostly fear, while, at the same time drawn to it by force of its hypnotic attraction. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#attraction #beauty #curious #drawn #evil

Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was. ↗

— Aberjhani

#faith #famous-poets #famous-quotes #freedom #grace

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift. ↗

— Mavis Gallant

#began #done #dream #father #fear

There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people. ↗

— George Galloway

#flags #fooling #means #patriotism #people

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#abuse #anger #constituted #forbearance #human

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit. ↗

— Jan Garbarek

#fit #key #make #phrase #right

I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin. ↗

— James Gandolfini

#feel #i #lost #mafia #men

Because for me, '60s pop music is amongst the most complicated or complex music because it has so many resonances which strike you. The music itself is often simple, but the way that I interpret it, or the way I think it's interpreted culturally, is very complex. ↗

— Tim Gane

#because #complex #complicated #culturally #i

There's a certain phraseology involved in jazz, and I've moved away from that. ↗

— Jan Garbarek

#certain #i #involved #jazz #moved

Coltrane was moving out of jazz into something else. And certainly Miles Davis was doing the same thing. ↗

— Jan Garbarek

#coltrane #davis #doing #else #into