"The disturbers of happiness are our desires, our griefs, and our fears."

-- Samuel Johnson

#Happiness Quotes #Grief Quotes #Desire Quotes

“People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.”

Source : Mo Yan (2013). “The Republic of Wine: A Novel”, p.25, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“Being an actress is to be in tune with the fantasies of a man. What woman never dreamt of that?”
“The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world”
“There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who's Mary Astor?”

Source : A Life on Film ch. 14 (1967)
“You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.”

Source : "His brilliant career". Interview with Jason Wood, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2005.
“Even if you don't see the results of your planting, just keep Planting your Love. Your Patience. Your Perseverance. Your Faith.”
“It is a terrible thing to be so open: it is as if my heart put on a face and walked into the world.”
“Our sense of the full range of human nature, like our diet, has been steadily reduced. No matter how nourishing it might be, anything wild gets pulled - though as we'll see, some of the weeds growing in us have roots reaching deep into our shared past. Pull them if you want, but they'll just keep coming back again and again.”

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