"Poverty made me feel weak, as if I were coming down with an awful, debilitating, communicable disease - the disease of being without money. Instead of going to the hospital, you went to the poor farm. The difference was, you never got well at the poor farm."

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Source : Faith Sullivan (2011). “The Cape Ann: A Novel”, p.136, Broadway Books

Faith Sullivan

#Differences Quotes #Disease Quotes #Awful Quotes

“Give into love or live in fear.”

Source : "Rent". Musical by Jonathan Larson, 1996.
“I try to look after the really small things and the really big things, and delegate the stuff in between,”
“Man without life companion is either god or beast.”
“A lot of people are like, 'So you want to be famous.' And I'm like, 'No, I want to be good at my craft. I don't care about fame, I don't care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, I'm set for my career right now.”
“When you are doing a piece you are with it. You don't want to wait until next week, when experience will have given you something else.”
“I will not insult you by trying to tell you that one day you will forget. I know as well as you that you will not. But, at least, in time you will not remember as fiercely as you do now - and I pray that that time may be soon.”

Source : Terence Rattigan (1977). “The Collected Plays of Terence Rattigan: The sleeping prince. Separate tables. Variation on a theme. Ross. Heart to heart”
“To win the Kentucky Derby is the goal of every trainer, every hot-walker, every backside person. They may be just rubbing on a horse, or hot-walking a horse, but they wonder if they could win the Kentucky Derby.”
“Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.”

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