"If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has."

-- Charles Baxter

#Writing Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Acting Quotes

“Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.”
“I would show my jobs to my mother, and she would always say the same thing: "That's nice dear". And then she would say: "Did you write it or did you do the drawing?" or "Did you take the pictures?" I'd always answer "no", then I realized the problem. My answer was then, "I made this happen". It's called design.”
“Danny Trejo is so bloody cool, I mean, he can just stand there and look cool.”

Source : "Luke Goss interview: Blade, Hellboy and Death Race sequels, The Hobbit and becoming a geek". Interview with Duncan Bowles, www.denofgeek.com. December 17, 2010.
“There is no clear distinction anywhere on the Earth's surface between living and nonliving matter. There is merely a hierarchy of intensity going from the 'material' environment of the rocks and the atmosphere to the living cells.”
“My concern is always that I can do justice to what I see and hear.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The more I learn about God, the more aware I become of what I donâ€™t know about him.”
“One day the worlds male population will spontaneously combust because they've kept too much stuff in for too long.”

Source : Mike Gayle (2002). “Mr. Commitment”, Broadway
“In order to reclaim the joy and passion of leadership, we must walk the valley of the shadow of death and name the cost of leadership.”

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