"Ask any mechanic; instructions were the things you read when all else failed."

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Source : Barbara Seranella (2013). “An Unacceptable Death”, p.75, Macmillan

Barbara Seranella

#Mechanic Quotes #Instruction Quotes

“I just watch a lot of different films and different TV shows. Really for me, it's just looking at how people react to different shows in different genres. For me, it's more a study of people than a study of acting.”
“I feel the acting conservatory taught me how to be a working actor in the 1700s. We learned stuff like 'to the back of the auditorium, to the back of the auditorium' and the liquid "u." 'The payment is duuue on Tuuuesday.' I also learned how to fence. If anything, when I moved to Los Angeles, I didn't fit in, in any way. I had to do comedy, because I was talking so pretentiously.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com
“Material power that is not counterbalanced by adequate spiritual power, that is, by love and wisdom, is a curse”
“Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter.”

Source : George Gissing (2015). “New Grub Street”, p.153, Booklassic
“He should have known better because, early in his learnings under his brother Mahmoud, he had discovered that long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings, but short words were slippery, unpredictable changing their meanings without any pattern. Or so he seemed to grok. Short human words were never like a short Martian word - such as grok which forever meant exactly the same thing. Short human words were like trying to lift water with a knife. And this had been a very short word.”
“I came to Congress to help reduce spending.”
“The only thing I can say, once again, is thank you, to all of you, to everyone who's supported us so far. From the people who first picked up the phone and voted on x factor, to the people who went into the shop and bought our albums and everybody in between. Thank you so much for a fantastic opportunity and helping me and the boys to where we are today.”
“It's even harder to stay at the top in sports than it is to get there.”

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