"Down through the years my face has been called a sour puss, a dead pan, a frozen face, The Great Stone Face, and, believe it or not, "a tragic mask." On the other hand that kindly critic, the late James Agee, described my face as ranking "almost with Lincoln's as an early American archetype, it was haunting, handsome, almost beautiful." I can't imagine what the great rail splitter's reaction would have been to this, though I sure was pleased."

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Source : "My Wonderful World Of Slapstick".

Buster Keaton

#Beautiful Quotes #Believe Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Infidelity is not freedom. It's a momentary respite from stressors that are going to come back.”

Source : Source: www.cosmopolitan.com
“You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion, a green elephant, and a scarlet unicorn astride which was the King of England in his Royal Robes, I do believe that it is you and you alone that people would stare at, dismissing the others as minor irrelevancies.”
“...Bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your parents or your family.”
“Now I will give you a piece of advice. I will tell you something that I absolutely believe you should do, and if you do not do it you will never be a witer. It is a certain truth. When your pencil is dull, sharpen it. And when your pencil is sharp, use it until it is dull again.”

Source : "Madness, Rack, and Honey". Book by Mary Ruefle, therumpus.net. August 7, 2012.
“The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference.”

Source : Bruno Schulz, Jonathan Safran Foer, David Goldfarb (2008). “The street of crocodiles and other stories”, Penguin Classics
“Memory is not a simple replay. The bits of information that we recover from the past are often influenced by our knowledge, beliefs and feelings.”
“No organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. .. No foresight can anticipate nor any document of reasonable length contain express provisions for all possible questions.”
“Vampires, werewolves, fallen angels and fairies lurk in the shadows, their intentions far from honorable.”

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