"The joy late coming late departs."

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Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 409-10, Some Sweet Day, 1922.

John L. Bates

“Very few cinematographers, other than the Europeans, know how to light women like they used to in the old days.”
“What modern art means is that you have to keep finding new ways to express yourself, to express the problems, that there are no settled ways, no fixed approach. This is a painful situation, and modern art is about this painful situation of having no absolutely definite way of expressing yourself.”
“Our old - fashioned system is better than any new - fangled voting machine. Not only is it guaranteed to work, but there is something I find appealing in putting a mark on a piece of paper for the candidate of your choice, as opposed to pulling a lever as if you were gambling on a slot machine in Las Vegas.”
“The trouble with marrying an actor is they grab you in their arms, hold you close and tell you how wonderful they are.”
“I dont think about what my opponent will do in the fight and especially what he has to say about me - doesn't matter to me at all.”

Source : FaceBook post by Gunnar Nelson from Sep 02, 2014
“This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They donâ€™t jump in on your sentences, saving you from actually finishing them, or talk over you, allowing what you do manage to get out to be lost or altered in transit. Instead, they wait, so you have to keep going.”
“Don't wait for someone to enable you to make something.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Hold your breath. Try holding your breath for just thirty seconds. Thatâ€™s all it takes. Try it right now while you are looking at this line. Nowâ€¦on the twenty-ninth second, do any opinions matter?”

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