"O fairest flower! no sooner blown but blasted, Soft silken primrose fading timelessly."

-- John Milton

#Flower Quotes #Fading Quotes

“But the stupidity which is common to all such "explanations" is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of a theory - such things as truth, or probability, or explanatory power - could not possibly be among the reasons for its currency.”

Source : David Stove (2013). “On Enlightenment”, p.17, Transaction Publishers
“I think the reason the stories are briskly paced, when they are, is that I like story. I like stories where things happen and there are surprises and reversals, in addition to vivid characters and a memorable voice. So those are the kinds of stories I try to write. And it turns out that's pretty much the only kind of writing that works for TV. It's a medium that just devours story, demands surprises and reversals. So my sensibility is suited to TV storytelling, at least as we think of it today.”
“Let me tell you quite bluntly that this king business has given me personally nothing but headaches.”
“As long as I can do something that I am passionate about and that I can really enjoy and the audience can enjoy. That is where my enthusiasm comes from.”
“if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.”
“Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair.”
“I learned to use language like my mother did. I would simulcast, give you the program in your own tongue.”
“I love that I have a job that I love.”

Source : "Then & Now: Ekaterina Gordeeva". www.cnn.com. June 22, 2005.

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