"Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men."

-- Alexander Pope

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Honor Quotes

“I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to write as the character would write, and I never forget that the average man, from the fields, the streets, the bars, the offices and even the gutters of his country, has acquired a vividness of speech that goes beyond anything I could invent, and that if I stick to this heritage, this logos of the American countryside, I shall attain a maximum of effectiveness with very little effort.”
“The worst loss you've ever experienced is the greatest gift you can have.”
“Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never right”
“For me, my craft is sailing on,Through mists to-day, clear seas anon.Whate'er the final harbor be'T is good to sail upon the sea!”
“But here's the sunset of a tedious day, These two asleep are; I'll but be undrest, And so to bed. Pray wish us all good rest.”
“History is a science, no more and no less.”
“The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset at every step with the cry that somebody was injuring the cause by the expression of some sentiments that differed with those held by the majority of mankind. The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do to their fellows, because it always coincides with their own desires.”
“You always hear actresses talk about how unromantic it is to act a love scene or a sex scene - which it is. You're doing it with all these lights on and cameras flying around and people on the set.”

Source : "The Bliss of Being Sheryl Lee / The career of `Twin Peaks' ' famous corpse has come alive on screen". Interview with Edward Guthmann, www.sfgate.com. June 8, 1997.

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