‘When one walks on the wire, it is a question of balance, of confidence in yourself. But the wire is like life. It is the line of life. If you stick on the right path, there is nothing to fear. For me, it is that fundamental, to have conviction, to stay true to oneself.’
–Didier Pasquette – High Wire Walker, from ‘The Society Of Timid Souls‘ by Polly Morland
‘It’s not gluttony but anxiety that puts on the kilos.’
–Gerard Depardieu, from biography, ‘Depardieu‘ by Marianne Gray.
‘At the end of 1968 there were a lot of great electric guitar players in the room- a lot of chances to get discouraged and put your guitar down. But that kind of reaction is the ego talking. Whether your reaction is to stick out your chest, or to run and hide-superiority or instant inferiority-either one is full of shit. You’re supposed to be you.’
–Carlos Santana, from his autobiography, ‘The Universal Tone‘
‘Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo, you fool!’
–Bilbo Baggins from The Annotated Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
‘When you have nowhere to run, you must create a new path.’
– Lieutenant Nanib Sahir, from Age Of Empires lll, The Asian Dynasties, India Campaign
Men In Black
The other day
The men in black
Took my friend away
Just like that
They put him in a room
With those two way mirrors
Interrogated him for hours
And hours
They asked me how we met
That’s when I smelled a rat
What was my relationship to the
Accused
Questions like that
Well now my friend
is under lock and key
By the FBI
And the CIA
He wanted to be a taxidermist
Unfortunately, instead
He got too close to Area 51
And they almost shot him dead
Now they’re watching me
They completely trashed my place
And if I don’t play ball
They’ll redesign my face.
© Sue Young
Artwork by ©Ste Young
American actor Paul Newman.Handsome…inside and out.
People say the most amazing things sometimes. A lot of the time, us ordinary folk say the best things, the most encouraging things, the most enlightened things. Those wise words get spread around like rich, thick verbal butter. It’s yummy and greasy and once you get that quote on your hands, it’s difficult to wash off, so we’re better off just licking our fingers really.
Why, just the other day, my friend Mike said to me, ‘A trouble shared, is a trouble doubled’ and I thought that was absolute genius. He has been called a genius before interestingly enough, of the musical variety, but that’s another story. But back to the point, I thought I should catch up on the Friendship Book before getting down to sorting out my Quote Of The Week. The Friendship Book is one of those thought-for-a-day books, full of…
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‘You never really know what he’s thinking or what he might do – but it always ends in kindness and fairness. A mighty recipe produced this man.’
Tennessee Williams talking about Hollywood actor Paul Newman, sourced from The Friendship Book 2016
‘In fact, the gunfight didn’t happen at the OK Corral; it happened in a vacant lot, to the north, between a back alley and what is now the highway, but try putting that on a t-shirt.’
‘A person to be quiet with, is harder to find than someone to talk with.’
Things In My Head 