"When you have something so important, something that you'll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it's worth getting a few dark circles, don't you think?"

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Source : Joan Bauer (2009). “Peeled”, p.158, Penguin

Joan Bauer

#Dark Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Circles Quotes

“The saint, we are told, once lived a life of sin - nothing spectacular, of course, just the usual things.”

Source : Nissim Ezekiel (1976). “Hymns in darkness”
“The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who are you and what you mean.”
“Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.”
“It's a cliche that filmmaking is a team sport. However, let me say just say it again: filmmaking is a team sport.”
“Life does not seem to present itself to me for my convenience, to box itself up nicely so I can write about it with wisdom and a point to make before putting it on a shelf somewhere.”
“Radio is a wonderful medium, but the clock is very unforgiving, and the discussion of this matter included in the interview as originally recorded had to be cut to fit the allotted time. I am happy to provide this elaboration to correct the record.”
“Wanting to work is a luxury; having to work is not. If you're an artist, an actor, and you don't have to work, then you do work that you wanna do.”

Source : "Police Academy Week: a chat with actor/memoirist Steve Guttenberg". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 7, 2012.
“Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff.”

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