"The mask was a thing on it's own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-conciousness."

-- William Golding

#Self Quotes #Shame Quotes #Mask Quotes

“I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and which should be discarded.”
“There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put Scripture on their hearts. One of them asked, "Why on our hearts, and not in them?" The rabbi answered, "Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your heart, and then when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside.”
“Gratitude builds a bridge to abundance.”
“What is the use of assuring Fundamentalists that science is compatible with religion. They retort at once, Certainly not with our religion.”
“Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.”
“I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.”

Source : "Eddie Marsan: 'I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience'". Interview with Cath Clarke, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2011.
“Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is without an accent, but the one youâ€™ve got seems like oatmeal to their caviar.”
“Love consumes us only in the measure of our self-surrender.”

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