"Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessities."

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Source : Quoted in Oliver Wendell Holmes, Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1857 - 1858)

John Lothrop Motley

#Luxury Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.”
“It's hard to find female leads that are flawed and interesting and dynamic.”
“I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.”
“As an actor, we are, in a way, a mirror of other people.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I remember thinking about how fun it would be to be a reporter. I had a dream, when I was little, to become a police officer and a crime investigator. It depends on what kind of stories you're reporting, but it's very similar. You're finding out the truth.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Grammar Checker – A software program that is not needed by those who know grammar and virtually useless for those who don’t.”
“I guess the wildcard here is Terrence Malick. He supervised me while I was writing the script for Beautiful Country, and he is a genius, although not always easy to follow. What I learned from him is that the narrative can be tracked through all kinds of scenes, that the strong narrative thread is not always the one that is most obvious. Creating narrative with Malick was a bit like chasing a butterfly through a jungle. This approach to narrative is fun and complicated, something that makes the process of writing constantly interesting to this writer.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Do what you love doing.”

Source : Interview with Alan Cumming, www.harpersbazaar.com. December 7, 2010.

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