"In India we have a readymade world of fantasy available in Indian mythology. And this is why we see such a surfeit of characters drawn from mythology. I don't think it's because the present day humanity is soulless."

-- Anita Nair

#Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“They say I'm a one-horse trainer but didn't I make a good job of it?”

Source : "Racing pays its respects to Ginger McCain at memorial service" by Will Hayler, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2011.
“It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set”
“If in this wide world, teeming with abundant supplies for human want, to thousands of wretched creatures no choice is open, save between starvation and sin, may we not justly say that there is something utterly wrong in the system that permits such things to be?”
“I back away from negativity - there's too much in this world, and I don't want to be around it.”
“We forgive when we give up attachment to our wounds.”
“All things as they move toward God are beautiful, and they are ugly as they move away from Him.”
“I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world.”
“Both of us were orphans. No one would remember what we remembered. The elders that stood as protective shields, as references to our past, and as reflections of who we were and are and where we came from, were gone.”

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