"A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong"
- Stella Adler
About this Quote
This quote by Stella Adler speaks with the power of the body to communicate a message. By using their body, an addict is sending an effective message to society that something is wrong. This could be translated in a variety of ways, such as an absence of access to resources, a lack of support from society, or an absence of understanding of the battles of dependency. It could likewise be interpreted as a cry for help, a plea for understanding, or a call to action. Whatever the message, it is clear that an addict is using their body to communicate something to society. This quote speaks with the power of the body to communicate a message and the significance of understanding and reacting to the messages that are being sent out.
This quote is written / told by Stella Adler between February 10, 1901 and December 21, 1992. She was a famous Actress from USA.
The author also have 12 other quotes.
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"Amongst Women concentrated on the family, and the new book concentrates on a small community. The dominant units in Irish society are the family and the locality. The idea was that the whole world would grow out from that small space"
"I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion"
"To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today"
