"It is a singular characteristic of love that we cannot hide it where it exists, or pretend it where it does not exist."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Love Quotes #Doe Quotes #Characteristics Quotes

“You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.”
“New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone.”
“Dogmas take endless forms, and when you can persuade different people to hold opposing dogmas, the manipulation of conflict and control through "divide and rule" becomes easy. It is happening today in the same way - more so, in fact - as it has throughout human history.”
“Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.”

Source : George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.105, Lulu.com
“Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.”

Source : Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Werner Herzog (2004). “Nosferatu--Phantom der Nacht”, British Film Institute
“I'm surprised that the fight was kind of easy.”
“When I did Yoda, me and three other people worked our ***** off, and I was sweating every single day, it was tough as hell. Now that it's CGI, 24 people work on Yoda, and I get all the credit -- I do nothing.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 16, 2007.
“Velázquez, past the age of fifty, no longer painted specific objects. He drifted around things like the air, like twilight, catching unawares in the shimmering shadows the nuances of color that he transformed into the invisible core of his silent symphony.”

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