"I'm blissfully not writing anything. Just doing a lot of reading and hopefully some thinking as well."

-- Monica Youn

#Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Perhaps the greatest rudenesses of our time come not from the callousness of strangers, but from the solicitousness of intimates who believe that their frank criticisms are always welcome, and who feel free to "be themselves" with those they love, which turns out to mean being their worst selves, while saving their best behavior for strangers.”

Source : Judith Martin (1996). “Common courtesy: in which Miss Manners solves the problem that baffled Mr. Jefferson”
“I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually.”
“If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people...”
“We want to encourage those who are able to work, no question.”
“[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I dream of starting a three-man country trio called the Chixie Dicks.”

Source : "Zach Galifianakis Live at the Purple Onion". Documentary, Comedy, 2006.
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
“We're never going to have respectful and reverential relationships with the planet- and sensible policies about what we put in the air, the soil, the water - if very young children don't begin learning about these things literally in their houses, backyards, streets and schools. We need to have human beings who are oriented that way from their earliest memories.”

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