"The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy."

-- Elizabeth Hardwick

#Taken Quotes #Afternoon Quotes #Belief Quotes

“Possessing an array of athletic gifts is something most tennis players can only dream about. Most players, if they're lucky, have one attribute that stands out -- either a monster serve, great footspeed, superb touch, superior timing or innate feel for the ball.”
“The classical guitar has a dynamic to it unlike a regular acoustic guitar or an electric guitar. You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back. It's an extremely dynamic instrument.”
“Al Gore is producing enough hot air to make his doomsday predictions about global warming a self-fulfilling prophecy.”

Source : Joseph Farah (2007). “Stop the Presses!: The Inside Story of the New Media Revolution”, p.151, WND Books
“He -it- was a specter! I stepped back, stunned.”
“You could think of extraordinary examples to the contrary: The Grapes of Wrath... and even into the 70s.”
“Death to the pigs is my basic statement.”
“When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.”
“I took acting classes in college, and once I graduated, I decided to give acting a shot when I couldn't really think of anything else to do. It took me a couple of years to get an agent, and my first big break was The Fanelli Boys, which was a sitcom on NBC. Then I did a few television movies.”

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