"The only option for a creative person was constant motionâ€”a lifetime of busy whirligigging in a generally forward direction, until you couldnâ€™t do it any longer."

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Source : Meg Wolitzer (2013). “The Interestings: A Novel”, p.29, Penguin

Meg Wolitzer

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“Only with the tools of production in their own hands could the workers ever hope to control their own lives and receive the fruits of their labor.”

Source : Ella Reeve Bloor (1940). “We are Many: An Autobiography by Ella Reeve Bloor”, New York : International Publishers
“Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of an after life. But now, we are witnessing a transformation, a true opium of the people is the belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace, the huge comfort of thinking that for our betrayals, our greed, our cowardice, our murders, we are not going to be judged.”
“Fermentation may have been a better invention than fire.”
“Winning coaches look for opportunities to praise. Anything that reflects a commitment to the team is praiseworthy”
“I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.”
“I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's almost impossible to dislike me, because I do nothing.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We are on a journey through the inward space of the heart, a journey not measured by the hours of our watch or the days of the calendar; for it is a journey out of time into eternity.”

Source : Kallistos Ware, Kallistos (Bishop of Diokleia) (1995). “The Orthodox Way”, p.7, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

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