"History is what we read, write and think about the past."

-- Michael Howard

#Writing Quotes #Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The true meaning of an artist/actor is opening my heart to the audience and at the same time opening their heart. Through sharing my pain I can possibly heal your pain, there is no other feeling like it, money doesn't compare. This is the true meaning of Art. I will attempt to do it till my dying day.”
“In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.”
“Our historical bequest is sublime. I have inherited a fragmented but highlyÂ creative exile and, since 1948, a home. I don't know that I want to settle there.Â I prefer the creative spur of exile. () But wherever I am I shall be Jewish, andÂ that sound will inform every syllable I write. I am blessed with a long ancestryÂ of wisdom, prophecy, and promise, a line of overwhelming creativeÂ achievements, courage, humor, and, above all, a dogged and chronic permanence, the greatest legacy of all.”
“Dewey repudiated what he called militant atheism. He felt that people have innate religious qualities, such as compassion for sufferers, an urge to improve life, and a sense of awe before the mysteries of existence. However, by the standards of conventional religion, Dewey was an atheist.”
“Actors rarely stay in touch with directors after they've filmed together. We go back to real life.”
“Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any fool can muddle; but it takes something more of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man he makes of himself. Waste and extravagance unsettle a man's mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.”
“I love books. I read voraciously, and I happened to have been fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time.”
“I am black,â€ she said, and a shudder rippled through me. â€œI am foul with a thousand years of demon curses. Donâ€™t cross me or I will bring you and your house down. Rachel is the only clean thing I have, and you wonâ€™t sully her to further your high ideas.”

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