"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them."

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Source : "Fictional character: Don Birnam". "The Lost Weekend", www.imdb.com. October 5, 1945.

Henry David Thoreau

#Life Quotes #Song Quotes #Men Quotes

“A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know.”
“In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread.”
“The New Deals enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.”
“My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I'm sick or in good health, whether I'm in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.”
“I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.”
“When I first started you would pitch a story because without a good story, you didn't really have a film. Later, once sequels started to take off, you pitched a character because a good character could support multiple stories. and now, you pitch a world because a world can support multiple characters and multiple stories across multiple media.”

Source : Henry Jenkins (2006). “Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide”, p.114, NYU Press
“I've never taken a job as an actor that I wasn't 100-percent sure I wanted to do. I've never had to think about whether or not I wanted to do something, and there have always been a lot of factors to that. I don't think I'm an actor who's driven by character, to be honest.”
“Suffrage is the pivotal right.”

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