"A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage."

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Bela Lugosi

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“War is a biological necessity of the first importance, a regulative element in the life of mankind which cannot be dispensed with. . . . But it is not only a biological law but a moral obligation, and, as such, an dispensable factor in civilization.”

Source : "Germany and the next War" by Friedrich von Bernhardi, (Ch. I), 1911.
“Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence.”

Source : Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. March 25, 2004.
“I took on the sins of everybody, of a generation, really.”

Source : "The lady's not a tramp" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2001.
“My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.”
“I don't put myself under pressure.”
“I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood. My charactersâ€”I would like to have them heavier, more three-dimensional ... My characters have a profession, have characteristics; you know their age, their family situation, and everything. But I try to make each one of those characters heavy, like a statue, and to be the brother of everybody in the world.”

Source : Carvel Emerson Collins, Georges Simenon (1956). “Georges Simenon: An Interview on the Art of Fiction”
“Italy is a country which is willing to submit itself to the worst governments. It is, as we know, a country ruled by disorder, cynicism, incompetence and confusion. Nevertheless we are aware of intelligence circulating in the streets like a vivid bloodstream.”

Source : Natalia Ginzburg (2017). “The Little Virtues: Essays”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
“That's where faith comes in. I've struggled more with being away from her. She keeps me strong. Being away from her means I have to stay in the Word and to stay strong throughout the season.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com

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