"Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it."

-- Paul Tillich

#Cynical Quotes #True Life Quotes

“Most bands people have side projects and it's not considered a death threat as it was say, with The Beatles.”
“A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart.”

Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.242, LSU Press
“Well the first thing I'd say is that I'm not sure exactly what I'm supposed to do to show my remorse other than to say that I'm remorseful.”
“I think you can always find interesting, complex and fascinating characters to play in different kinds of movies. It's in your hands.”

Source : "Anton Yelchin: 'This is a Terminator movie - we're gonna have a good time'" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2009.
“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this - as in other ways - they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.”
“I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.”
“Fenworth owned a world-famous library. More rooms held books than beds. Pillows stuffed in niches and comfortable chairs scattered throughout each room offered abundant paces to curl up and read.”
“It's like when you want to make a house... the technique is very important.”

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