"An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa."

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Source : Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”

Desi Arnaz

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“I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time.”

Source : Miep Gies (2012). “Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
“Today I am in control because I want to be. I have my fingers on the switch, but have lived a lifetime ignoring the control I have over my own world. Today is different.”
“The power to bind and loose to Truth is given: The mouth that speaks it is the mouth of Heaven, The power, which in a sense belongs to none, Thus understood belongs to every one.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1885). “The Life and Teachings of Our Lord in Verse: Being a Complete Harmonized Exposition of the Four Gospels, with Original Notes Textual Index, Etc. Two Volumes in One, Vol. 1 -- The Evangel (second Edition), Vol. 2 -- The Light of the World”
“Now, I love playing moms who can't hide their paranoia.”

Source : "Q&A with ‘What to Expect..." star Wendi McLendon-Covey". Interview with Lauren McCutcheon, www.philly.com. May 18, 2012.
“Like the mind-set that places men above women, whites above blacks, and rich above poor, the mentality that places humans above nature is a dysfunctional delusion.”

Source : Petra Karin Kelly (1994). “Thinking green!: essays on environmentalism, feminism, and nonviolence”, Parallax Pr
“The weed crushed and pressed by the heavy rock may slowly and gently grow up anew helped by the fresh air, sunshine, and sympathetic rain. On the other hand, the rock is often broken through exposure to nature and weathering. Life is a strong power to grow in tenderness; this fact may be considered as having a close relation with human life. At the same time tenderness has sometimes stronger power against stiffness or hardening due to extreme strain.”

Source : "The Canon of Judo". Book by Kyuzo Mifune, 1956.
“People look up to me as somebody who is able to switch the image of our country from negative to positive.”
“We have entered a new phase of culture - we may call it the Age of the Cinema - in which the most amazing perfection of scientific technique is being devoted to purely ephemeral objects, without any consideration of their ultimate justification. It seems as though a new society was arising which will acknowledge no hierarchy of values, no intellectual authority, and no social or religious tradition, but which will live for the moment in a chaos of pure sensation.”

Source : Christopher Dawson (2001). “Progress and Religion: An Historical Inquiry (The Works of Christopher Dawson)”, p.176, CUA Press

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