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Barro a Secas: Constant total amazement

Friday, January 20, 2006

Constant total amazement

Inside the Actor's Studio (en Paris):

James Lipton - What is your favorite word?
Juliette Binoche - It's actually one in french, "Vivre", but written with an apostrophe, as in v'ivre (vivir / ir ebrio de vida)
James Lipton - Oh, I'm not sure how many people will get that one


"Joe contra el volcán" (1990)

Meg Ryan (as Patricia) :
"My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement."


"The Body" (2002) Hanif Kureishi, pag 23

"Nos conocíamos desde la universidad. Era un alcohólico y un fracasado-. Mira tu vida y todo lo que has hecho. Yo he desperdiciado la mía.
- No sé lo que significa 'desperdiciar'.
- Oh, yo sé ahora lo que significa -dijo él-. La incapacidad para disfrutar de uno mismo o de los demás. Adiós."

1 Comments:

Blogger Manuel said...

¿Alguien tiene insomnio existencial somewhere?

7:34 AM  

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