"Moviegoers like to believe that those they have made stars are great actors. People used to say that Gary Cooper was a fine actor probably because when they looked in his face they were ready to give him their power of attorney."

-- Pauline Kael

#Stars Quotes #Believe Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Big food companies have their priorities, which include selling cheap, unhealthy foods at high profits.”

Source : "Rep. Polis gets crusty about pizza" by Patrick Gavin, www.politico.com. May 15, 202.
“I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.”
“I suffered no pain, my hunger had taken the edge off; instead I felt pleasantly empty, untouched by everything around me and happy to be unseen by all. I put my legs up on the bench and leaned back, the best way to feel the true well-being of seclusion. There wasn't a cloud in my mind, nor did I feel any discomfort, and I hadn't a single unfulfilled desire or craving as far as my thought could reach. I lay with open eyes in a state of utter absence from myself and felt deliciously out of it.”
“Do to your capacity. Always strive to extend your capacity. Ten minutes today, after a few days, twelve minutes. Master that, then again extend.”
“I don't know any neighborhoods where everyone's walking around in seven-inch heels and perfect makeup.”

Source : "Melissa McCarthy Is Having Her Moment" by Lacey Rose, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 27, 2011.
“As reforms have come into India, as India has started opening up, prosperity is increasing, as is demand for urban housing.”
“No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings.”

Source : Ellsworth Huntington (1920). “The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America”, p.58, Library of Alexandria
“The artist should paint not only what he sees before him, but also what he sees within him. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting that which he sees before him. Otherwise, his pictures will be like those folding screens behind which one expects to find only the sick or the dead.”

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