"Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it."

-- John Updike

#Life Quotes #Yummy Quotes #Long Quotes

“And as journalists we look for differences - differences between countries, cultures, classes, and communities. We're very sensitized to difference, but it's much harder to write about similarities across countries, cultures, classes, and communities.”
“No one should ever have to read a sentence twice because of the way it is put together.”
“Maybe I was a pirate in my past life. I didnâ€™t kill people, though. I was just a badass”

Source : FaceBook post by Dianna Agron from Aug 29, 2012
“I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW.”
“Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! Every fool, from king to policeman, from the flatheaded parson to the visionless dabbler in science, presumes to speak authoritatively of human nature. The greater the mental charlatan, the more definite his insistence on the wickedness and weaknesses of human nature.”
“If I had a comfort blanket, I wouldn't have been as passionate and driven.”

Source : "You don't have to be posh to be an actor (but it certainly helps)" by Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2012.
“It is proper for people to have friends, friendships without self-interest. Without friends, life is too lonely.”
“Acting represents all that human beings experience, and if you want it to be 'nice,' you will never be a serious communicator of the human experience.”

Source : Larry Moss (2004). “The Intent to Live: Achieving Your True Potential as an Actor”, p.64, Bantam

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