Carnivalization Quotes & Sayings

Most people aren't happy about being consistent and staying at the same place for years. People want forward progress and motion. — El-P

America had been taught that beauty only resided in youth, especially in the
female. — Charles Bukowski

What is magic but what we don't yet understand — Mary E. Pearson

I was commissioned to write copy for an annual publication produced by Top Tourist Parks of Australia. After a print run of seventy-five thousand and distribution throughout Australia and New Zealand, it was discovered that I had left the letter v out of the word 'dive' and the introduction for a family beach resort activity read, Die with your children. A new world awaits. — David Thorne

I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet. — Frank Shorter

Somewhere in our cultural subconscious, we crave these figures that are big and strong and unassailable, like masculine fortresses. It's like how the 9/11 firemen were venerated. — Lynn Coady

Romania are more Portuguese than German. — Barry Venison

Only the ego resists egos. The spirit may notice egos, but sees beyond them and does not engage with them. — Alan Cohen

At the same time the Muslims are commanded to exercise self-restraint as much as possible. Force
is a dangerous weapon. It may have to be used for self-defense or self-preservation, but we must
always remember that self-restraint is pleasing in the eyes of Allah. Even when we are fighting, it
should be for a principle not out of passion. — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Carnivalization is not an external and immobile schema which is imposed upon ready-made content; it is, rather, an extraordinarily flexible form of artistic visualization, a peculiar sort of heuristic principle making possible the discovery of new and as yet unseen things. By relativizing all that was externally stable, set and ready-made, carnivalization with its pathos of change and renewal permitted Dostoevsky to penetrate into the deepest layers of man and human relationships. — Mikhail Bakhtin

Of course it is very limiting to be labeled a lesbian or queer writer. We live in a homophobic culture, and even people who aren't hateful per se assume they won't get anything from a queer book. — Michelle Tea

Jesus didn't suffer so we wouldn't have to suffer. He suffered so that we would know how to suffer. — Jason Evert

You're a Centurion," Ty said. "You have vows - " "Vows of friendship and love are stronger," said Diego. Drusilla — Cassandra Clare