"Mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered."

-- John Dryden

#Lost Quotes #Mankind Quotes

“The whole point of writing is to have something in your gut or in your soul or in your mind that's burning to be written.”
“I can't do the same movies all my life. I'm conscious of that. But it's a trade-off. 'Dear John' allowed me to do movies I've wanted to do. You learn to balance it out. I'm still learning. Only now am I getting to do the kinds of movies that I have wanted to do. So it's a steady climb. You don't jump into a Soderbergh film.”
“Don't follow in any footprints, make your own prints. Because, you are the future of tomorrow.”
“The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.”
“I think a lot about how ideas spread, how information spreads, why is it that something youre really proud of and you spend a lot of time creating sometimes doesnt go anywhere, and something that you kind of do on the side, on a lark, ends up getting shared and passed around and having this big impact.”
“Watching the ball is always a good starting point.”
“... acquired tastes are the mark of the man of leisure.”

Source : Margaret Kennedy (2014). “Ladies of Lyndon”, p.75, Random House
“I learned how to sumon, from somewhere deep within, the extra will I didn't know I possessed. Knowing it was there, and could be tapped again, gave me the boost of confidence I would rely on for years to come.”

Source : Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Arkush (2011). “The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring”, p.40, Penguin

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