"I remember reading 'The Grapes of Wrath' in high school in 1983. My family had immigrated to the U.S. three years before, and I had spent the better part of the first two years learning English. John Steinbeck's book was the first book I read in English where I had an 'Aha!' moment, namely in the famed turtle chapter."

-- Khaled Hosseini

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #School Quotes

“What woman would not appreciate a God who becomes her attorney, assumes her case, requires no fee, and wins her the victory?”
“Any time gone by was better.”
“Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now, female protest groups are emerging - not because men came up with the idea, but through their own efforts. That's something new for Russia.”
“Nature's standard operating procedure, pairing a population explosion with a population crash.”
“A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.”
“Its called a playground, but its nearer to a battlefield. It can be brutal”
“When an actor is completely absorbed by some profoundly moving objective so that he throws his whole being passionately into its execution, he reaches a state we call inspiration.”

Source : Constantin Stanislavski (2013). “An Actor Prepares”, p.268, A&C Black
“If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.”

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