"For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings."

-- Joan Miro

#Secret Quotes #Intense Quotes #Cigarette Quotes

“You may talk about religion and speak about the Gospel, and say we have got the truth and the plan of salvation, and we have got the authority of the Priesthood; but if we are not honest, it does not amount to anything; for neither God nor honorable men love dishonesty. We must, therefore, be an honest people.”
“Itâ€™s interesting how something that comes so easily to one person can be so impossible for someone else.”
“I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute, fighting.”

Source : "Berenice Abbott: the photography trailblazer who had supersight" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2015.
“It is with our entire past ... that we desire, will and act ... from this survival of the past it follows that consciousness cannot go through the same state twice. The circumstances may still be the same, but they will act no longer on the same person ... that is why our duration is irreversible.”

Source : Henri Bergson (2014). “Creative Evolution”, p.13, Lulu Press, Inc
“If people have to tell you how successful they are, they really aren't that successful.”
“When you're in film and you're in close, charisma in the eyes and confidence can take over. But when someone's sitting twenty rows back, you need the whole body. You need to be encompassed by an actor.”

Source : Interview with Sheila Heti, believermag.com. February 1, 2013.
“In New York, I'll walk down the street and someone will say, 'Nice show,' and that's it. If I'm at a food festival, it's open season.”
“Every actor has their stalker.”

Source : "Conventions: Another day at the office for celebs" by Suzanne Kelly, www.cnn.com. September 7, 2010.

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