Joan Acocella quotes
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“Dance is the most intimate art, the most unbrainy art, because it is done wholly with the body, which is so limited in its ability to speak anything but the truth.”
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“The virtue of a piece is the writer’s thoughts.”
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“Alcohol may also persuade us that we have found the truth about life, a comforting experience rarely available in the sober hour.”
-- Joan AcocellaSource : "A Few Too Many" by Joan Acocella, www.newyorker.com. May 26, 2008.
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“Life is water, dancing to the tune of solids.”
Source : Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (2012). “The Living State: With Observations on Cancer”, p.9, Elsevier
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Source : Interview with Win Butler, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 23, 2011.
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