#ra

Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#crucial #crucial role #man #origin #play

Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

#corporate #death #guard #internationalist #learn

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

#arbitrary #clinical #distinctions #illegal #legal

Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're gone. Who miss you every single night, especially when the sky is so deep and beautiful, and the ground so very cold. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#among #announce #beautiful #cold #declarations

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#bit #books #characters #dreams #formed

Hawthorne has given us a tradition that some people refer to as Yankee Magic Realism, and I do think there is a certain quality to the landscape that definitely leads into the dark woods. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#dark #definitely #given #i #i do

I've always felt that distant train whistles heard in the dead of night are the universe's way of letting us know the best days are neither ahead nor behind us...they're happening right now, cradled in the palms of our hands. But that doesn't change the fact that the whiskey, weed, and romance eventually runs out and the night will soon turn to day. ↗

— Dave Matthes

#daydreaming #death #history #innocence #love

I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.' ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#asked #came #come #doing #friend

For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe that that administration has taken the events of 9/11 and has manipulated the grief of the country and I think that's reprehensible. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#american #aspect #believe #country #events

I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories. ↗

— Dustin Hoffman

#called #did #i #man #marathon