"It is something like the way dame Nature gathers round a foreign body an envelope of some insensitive tissue which can protect from evil that which it would otherwise harm by contact. If this be an ordered selfishness, then we should pause before we condemn any one for the vice of egoism, for there may be deeper root for its causes than we have knowledge of."

-- Bram Stoker

#Roots Quotes #Evil Quotes #Selfishness Quotes

“All my stories were usually titled, 'White House Says,' 'President Bush Wants,' and I relied on transcripts from the briefings. I relied on press releases that were sent to the press for the purpose of accurately portraying what the White House believed or wanted.”

Source : "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees", edition.cnn.com. February 18, 2005.
“What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons; a loving heart doesn't harden itself to any persons or things.”
“I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously.”
“Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.”

Source : "Violence in the media". Canadian Forum, Volume 56, (p. 9), 1976.
“Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience.”
“I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control.”
“Actors! They travel the world and all they see is a mirror.”
“I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.”

Source : Elia Kazan (2011). “Elia Kazan: A Life”, p.7, Knopf

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