"In truth, most of us don't know our cats."

--

Source : Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (2001). “The Tribe of Tiger”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

“The trouble with much of the advice business is getting today about the need to be more vigorously creative is, essentially, that its advocates have generally failed to distinguish between the relatively easy process of being creative in the abstract and the infinitely more difficult process of being innovationist in the concrete.”
“I mean, to win a major, you've got to be a good player and you've got to get your breaks, as well, to win.”
“Far more gardens fail because the gardener is absent or not paying attention than because he or she lacks erudition. Yes, you need to know your ABCs [the basics], but the more you garden, the more you'll learn what works and what doesn't.”
“First, I thought we'd already established that I am not a gentleman. That ship sailed long ago. And second, you'd be surprised what gentlemen do...and what ladies enjoy." ~Lord Bourne”
“If you are not astonished that you exist, your humanity is not complete.”
“When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I appreciate my role as an actor much more after I direct because it's just easier.”
“The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.”

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