"The smell of death was thick in the city of Vara?asi. And in Tokyo as well. And yet the birds blissfully sang their songs."

-- Shusaku Endo

#Song Quotes #Cities Quotes #Smell Quotes

“As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in TV I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People must learn more and more that the strength of this country is the democratic power of the trade union movement”

Source : Morning Star, 1976.
“Honestly, being a part of any worthy life story is a goal of mine.”
“Even when I get to the point where I am acting and performing, where I want to be with my career, I'm never going to think of anyone as lower than me. Everyone's the celebrity of their own life, you know?”

Source : "Life According to Ireland Baldwin" by Kat Stoeffel, www.elle.com. August 16, 2013.
“I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.”
“I believe that not much happens of any significance when we're in our comfort zone.”
“Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.”

Source : Atul Gawande (2014). “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End”, p.122, Metropolitan Books
“I think it's the same thing for a country. We are lucky then that we can get some financing from the government, because it means when I get the money, when I get the grant to do the film, of course it's based on the script, but I have total artistic control and I can do personal stuff.”

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