"Doubt is the first step towards knowledge, not faith."

-- Nawal El Saadawi

#Doubt Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Steps Quotes

“It's better to break a man's leg than his heart.”
“I need to keep it spontaneous as an artist, so for me to repeat a face would be redundant and boring.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.”
“Inspiration is not the exclusive privilege of poets or artists. There is, there has been, there will always be a certain group of people whom inspiration visits. It's made up of all those who've consciously chosen their calling and do their job with love and imagination...Difficulties and setbacks never quell their curiosity. A swarm of new questions emerges from every problem that they solve. Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous 'I don't know.”

Source : Wislawa Szymborska, Stanisław Barańczak, Clare Cavanagh (2000). “Poems, New and Collected, 1957-1997”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Let other people do it their way. What other people do is irrelevant.”
“When I'm out, maybe I'm looking at the fried chicken, but I know I need to order the grilled. But I'm still from the country. I love my fried food and my neck bones and all that, too.”
“What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.”

Source : "Billy Crystal and John Goodman Talk MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, the Mike/Sulley Friendship, and Creating Younger Versions of the Characters". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 3, 2013.
“I want to set an example that will never be forgotten.”

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