"I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again."

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Source : Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.16, Ballantine Books

Nancy Horan

#Retreat Quotes #Culture Quotes #Cactus Quotes

“Faith is the courageous confidence that trusts in the Source of all gifts.”
“I love it when you like a character, and then she does something you don't like, and you hate her for a while - then you love her again. I'd like to see her have unlikable moments that the audience understands and sympathizes with.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I like period drama because everyone is so restrained, but they have all these emotions raging underneath.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Somebody goes to a soup kitchen and serves the hungry, someone goes to a prison and tries to get people to turn their lives around - those are all Christian charities. This is just another charity the way I look at it. I don't look at it as being special or different.”
“What are you thinking?â€ She asks. -That you are beautiful. That not everyone could see it. I almost became the kind of person who could not.”
“If he is superior then I would go home, for another day that is better.”
“All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses.”

Source : Giovanni Ruffini (1858). “Doctor Antonio. A tale. By the author of Lorenzo Benoni [i.e. Giovanni Domenico Ruffini].”, p.159
“I have been getting offers from international artistes for collaboration all across the globe, but I prefer to work with Indian artistes.”

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