"Tears have a better character cried alone. Pity can sometimes be more wolf than dog."

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Source : Sebastian Barry (2011). “On Canaan's Side”, p.13, Faber & Faber

Sebastian Barry

#Dog Quotes #Character Quotes #Tears Quotes

“Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.”
“You cannot know if you will be successful or not. You can only prepare for battle and it must be done with all of your heart and with all of your consciousness. In that manner, you will have an edge.”
“When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to audition with her. My mom was worried I would fall flat on my face because I'd never opened my mouth to sing, so she sent me to vocal lessons. I did the audition and fell in love with the entire process of a show.”
“If only Africa had more mosquito nets then every year we could save millions of mosquitoes from dying needlessly of aids”

Source : "Jimmy Carr: Being Funny". Video, 2011.
“Real serious waiting is done in waiting rooms, and what they all have in common is their purpose, or purposelessness, if you will; they are places for doing nothing and they have no life of their own. ... their one constant is what might be called a decorative rigor mortis ...”
“I didn't want to have to call a cab if I went to the supermarket. So I eventually got a bike, just a beach cruiser, and I rode that thing all over town. I rode it everywhere. I rode it in the rain, I rode it as much as I possibly could. Anytime I could afford the independence of the bike, I used the bike.”

Source : "Paul F. Tompkins on how and why he spent 25 years without a driver's license". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. October 10, 2015.
“Style is luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.”
“I loved The Wind in the Willows. ... Walt Disney should be sued for cheapening it as he did. Imagine it, Mickey Mousing all those nice characters. I'm surprised he didn't do it with the New Testament.”

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