People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on how eccentricity can lead to social isolation while also granting a sense of freedom.
In this quote, Vaslav Nijinsky expresses the paradox of being perceived as eccentric or 'mad,' suggesting that such a reputation allows him the freedom to be himself without the constraints of societal norms. The acknowledgment that people are drawn to eccentricity yet will keep their distance highlights the complex relationship between individuality and social acceptance.
In practice
During a speech on creativity, one might use this quote to highlight the value of embracing one's uniqueness.
I do not like eating meat because I have seen lambs and pigs killed. I saw and felt their pain. They felt the approaching death. I could not bear it. I cried like a child. I ran up a hill and could not breathe. I felt that I was choking. I felt the death of the lamb.
My benefactor told me that my father and mother had lived and died just to have me, and that their own parents had done the same for them. He said that warriors were different in that they shift their assemblage points enough to realize the tremendous price that has been paid for their lives. This shift gives them the respect and awe that their parents never felt for life in general, or for being alive in particular.
'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say.
I had come to Yugoslavia to see what history meant in flesh and blood.
Be careful not to turn others' lives into the mold for your own...we have a #β God who is a #β Creator not a #β Duplicator .
My thoughts are starts I can't fathom into constellations.
The unyielding army will not win.
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