"Beware that the one who reads is the same as the book, the same as what is read, the same as the speaker and the same as what is spoken without being the word."

-- Mohammed Dib

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“A good actor makes clear the meaning of the words. A better actor gives also the emotion of the part. The best actor adds emotion of which the character is unconscious.”
“A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side.”
“I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.”
“Do we believe that there is equal economic opportunity out there in the real world, right now, for each and every one of these groups? If we believed in the tooth fairy, if we believed in the Easter Bunny, we might well believe that.”
“Leaders live by choice, not by accident.”
“My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.”

Source : Edward Hopper, Hayward Gallery, Whitney Museum of American Art (1981). “Edward Hopper, 1882-1967: Hayward Gallery, London, 11 February to 29 March 1981 : a selection from the exhibition Edward Hopper, the art and the artist held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York from 16 September 1980 to 25 January 1981”
“You are free to think thoughts of worry or joy, and whatever you choose will attract the same kind back to you. Worry attracts worry. Joy attracts joy.”
“I long for the day where we don't have to talk about our age as actresses,”

Source : "Quote of the Day: Emma Thompson on Fighting for Female Roles and Women’s Rights" by Inkoo Kang, www.indiewire.com. April 14, 2014.

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