"The wise man reads both books and life itself."

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Lin Yutang

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“I think there's something strange about writing a script I've written many, many scripts - dozens and dozens of scripts - and every time I start one, I think to myself: 'why in the world do I think I know how to do this?'”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Be true to yourself and go with your instincts - don't be somebody you're not just to fit in.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 9, 2004.
“We shall march prospering,-not thro' his presence; Songs may inspirit us,-not from his lyre; Deeds will be done,-while he boasts his quiescence, Still bidding crouch whom the rest bade aspire.”
“I missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I'd fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage.”
“Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially. When they are growing up, they are nerve ends all over, and resent (quite properly) any invasion of their privacy. Oh, sure, they'll make mistakes - but that's their business, not yours. (You made your own mistakes, did you not?)”
“Emotions are lovely. Even if they fall to the negative for a time. The sun will rise again another day. The sadness perhaps never forgotten, but a new day enjoyed in another way. A way that could not have been but for the sadnessâ€™s existence.”
“My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.”
“But I really resist categories â€“ that naming is a closing down of meaning. Women's art, political art â€“ those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself as a feminist.”

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