"I had thought that words were instruments of precision. Now I know that they devour the world, leaving nothing in its place."

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Source : FaceBook post by Steven Millhauser from Oct 23, 2016

Steven Millhauser

#Leaving Quotes #World Quotes #Precision Quotes

“What I feel is that the picture-taking process, anyway a greater part of it, is an intuitive thing. You can't go out and logically plan a picture, but when you come back, reason then takes over and verifies or rejects whatever you've done. So that's why I say that reason and intuition are not in conflict-they strengthen each other.”
“There ain't nothing from the outside can lick any of us.”
“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.”

Source : Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.60, Penguin
“I've played my fair share of unpleasant character, and I have to tell you that you sleep better when you're playing fun characters. You think you don't take it home with you, at the end of the filming day, but subconsciously, there's something floating around in the background there.”

Source : "James D’Arcy Talks AGENT CARTER, Hayley Atwell, and Hints at Finale Surprise". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 3, 2015.
“Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!”
“There's always an element of fear that you need to work a lot until people get sick and tired of you or finally figure out that you're a fraud after all!”
“Lastly (and this is, perhaps, the golden rule), no woman should marry a man who does not smoke.”
“Between Twitter and Facebook I have nearly 70,000 followers, so my colleagues receive the responses. They show some of them to me, and I am always interested to read what people have to say. I filter all the information that reaches me, from letters in the newspaper, to conversations. There are many influences that shape my decisions, and often people on Twitter are thinking along the same lines as I do on an issue.”

Source : Source: memeburn.com

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