"One must fight for a life of action, not reaction."

-- Rita Mae Brown

#Fighting Quotes #Action Quotes #Reactions Quotes

“It's not worth our while to let our imperfections disturb us always.”
“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
“How to succeed in business without really trying (title of book)”

Source : Title of book (1952)
“If you would be a writer, first be a reader. Only through the assimilation of ideas, thoughts and philosophies can one begin to focus his own ideas, thoughts and philosophies.”
“One of the things I wanted to do after three, prolonged movies is to do something that was really, kind-of knee-jerk decisions, and artistic instincts and strip down the process to more of a guttural level, and make something that wasn't so manicured and polished; wasn't quite so developed and supported, and just run wild with it and see what happens with it.”
“Itâ€™s this perspective of us as humans to look at our world through the lens of â€˜normalâ€™ [that] is one of the forces that stops us developing real solutions.”
“I am thrilled FLIRT! tapped into me to be their new Style Ambassador. I love FLIRT! products because they help me express my own personal style - especially when I want to stand out on set or in the crowd. What could be more fun than getting to play with makeup and fragrance and tell people all about it!”
“And his eyes frighten me, too. They're the eyes of an old man, an old man who's seen so much in life that he no longer cares to go on living. They're not even desperate... just quiet and expectant, and very, very lonely, as if he were quite alone of his own free choice.”

Source : Anne Holm (1990). “North to Freedom”, Odyssey Classics

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