"Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it"

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Gone Quotes #Where You Come Quotes #Where You Are Quotes

“I don't want to force somebody to talk about sensitive subjects if they're not into it, but at the very least, even if that's happening off camera, it's allowing everybody to be on the same level, and creates an atmosphere on set that engenders trust.”
“Some authors have what amounts to a metaphysical approach. They admit to inspiration. Sudden and unaccountable urgencies to writecatapult them out of sleep and bed. For myself, I have never awakened to jot down an idea that was acceptable the following morning.”
“Most disquieting reflection of all, was it not bad form to think about good form?”
“I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.”
“I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it. Me! Petria Thomas, Olympic champion. The feeling inside was one of pure, utter joy. Excitement, disbelief, relief, hapiness, amazement, the whole works. Id worked so hard. I'd gone through so much, privately, publicly. I'd lost faith in myself and found it again. I'd sometimes stopped believing that I could do it and that I had a purpose in life. I'd come through the darkness, and this, this moment, was the sweetest, most amazing light there could possibly be. I was alive and loving it!”
“I'm blessed to have great friends, and there are a lot of men in my life who've been more than just friends.”
“I'm being mocked because I don't live up to a socially determined view of what other people think a person should look like.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“By nature servile, people attempt at first glance to find signs of good breeding in the appearance of those who occupy more exalted stations.”

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