"But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all."

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Source : C. J. Sansom (2008). “Revelation”, p.259, Pan Macmillan

C.J. Sansom

#Certain Quotes #Motive Quotes

“One Child's courage to survive”
“Fashion Week was at Bryant Park and there were a few shows like Marc Jacobs, or when Alexander McQueen came to town, that were offsite, Helmut [Lung] was offsite, but it was very intimate. It wasn't the way it is today where you have a thousand people at the show. You may have had 200 to 250 and it was really the trade and you know fashion greats.”
“I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from.”

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“I stole a lot from Gary Oldman. I stole the hairdo from his incarnation of Dracula. We cheated it just enough, so we couldn't get accused of copyright infringement.”

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“No one gets a break from their reality.”
“And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.”
“The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. The effect that they make in space is as bound up with them as might be their colour or smell ... Therefore the painter must be as concerned with the air surrounding his subject as with the subject itself. It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.”
“I do [believe climate change is man-made].”

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