"Time is the nervous system of narration, whether factual or fictive. If it gets confused some of the minutiae of human nature are certain not to work, not to glow, not to strike home."

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Glenway Wescott

#Confused Quotes #Home Quotes #Human Nature Quotes

“The sports arena Julie calls home is unaccountably large, perhaps one of those dual-event 'super venues' built for an era when the greatest quandary facing the world was where to put all the parties.”
“When you're an actor, actually, you shouldn't come up with too many ideas.”

Source : Press Conference, 1998 Cannes Film Festival, www.filmscouts.com. 1998.
“I've taken it from feminist friends, and I've taken it from lefty friends too. But that reassures me. If the right is attacking us and the left is attacking us, that's exactly where we want to be.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“So much of our cultural representation of what an investigative journalist looks like, in movies and pop culture, is about this really testosterone-filled dude screaming, "Give me what you got!" I didn't see myself as someone who would be good at or comfortable with that.”
“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say "he feels deeply, he feels tenderly".”
“Nobody can tell about this California climate. One minit its hot and the next minit its cold, so a person never knows what to hock.”
“Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.”
“I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London.”

Source : "Auditions are hell, but I never thought that I would have to go through 'casting' to get on Newsnight - and fail" by Arabella Weir, www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2006.

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