"I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit"

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Duncan Sheik

#Thinking Quotes #Way Quotes

“I have this weird sort of Gemini thing where I can really be empathetic and a loving person. But if you piss me off, I can be one of the meanest, most sadistic people.”
“When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park we saw a few daffodils close to the waterside. But as we went along there were more and yet more and at last under the boughs of the trees, we saw that there was a long belt of them along the shore, about the breadth of a county turnpike toad. I never saw daffodils so beautiful. They grew about the mossy stones about and about them, some rested their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness and the rest tossed and reeled and danced and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake.”

Source : 'The Grasmere Journals' 15 April 1802.
“Those with the least always lose the most in war.”
“I don't want to think too much about me.”

Source : "Andrea Arnold: 'I don't do easy rides'" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. October 31, 2011.
“It ought to come like the leaves to the trees, or it better not come at all.”
“It is easier to kill than to heal. It is easier to destroy than to preserve. It is easier to tear down than to build. Those who feed on destructive emotions and ambitions and deny the responsibilities that are the price of wielding power can bring down everything you care for and would protect. Be on guard, always.”

Source : Anne Bishop (2007). “Heir to the Shadows: The Black Jewels Trilogy 2”, p.372, Penguin
“To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.”

Source : "From Grandmother with Love". Book by Becky Kelly and Patrick Regan, 2005.
“I definitely prefer working in comedy over drama, but at the same time, when it comes to comedy, I tend to prefer comedies that have a great sense of truth to them and that come from an honest place.”

Source : "Fiona Gubelmann Interview WILFRED". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2011.

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