"The shame that comes to us as we see ourselves praised when we are unworthy of it often gives us the occasion to accomplish things that we might never have achieved without such undeserved praise."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Giving Quotes #Achievement Quotes #Might Quotes

“Sometimes when an actor says something almost perfect, but you know you have to edit it, if you tell them to change something immediately, it will come out great”

Source : "Cannes Interview: ‘The Artist’ Director Michel Hazanavicius and Star Berenice Bejo". Interview with Raffi Asdourian, thefilmstage.com. May 18, 2011.
“Within us there is the capacity of being anyone or anything”
“Hitler was no inexorable product of a German 'special path', no logical culmination of long-term trends in specifically German culture and ideology. Nor was he a mere 'accident' in the course of German history.”

Source : Ian Kershaw (1998). “Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris”
“I was born in March 1949, a post war baby boomer.”
“The image of the bank robber I had in mind was more in the European tradition where you'd rob banks and give to the poor, like Robin Hood. It was that mythology. But very early on, my whole preoccupation was with art-studying it, examining every piece of work.”
“Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.”

Source : Simon Newcomb (1903). “The reminiscences of an astronomer”, Harper and Brothers
“If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never met in this room.”
“Be careful what you get good at doin', cuz you'll be doin' it for the rest of your life.”

Source : Gabrielle Hamilton (2011). “Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef”, p.91, Random House

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