"Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's performances so troubled the onlookers that they feared their ghosts. An awesome compliment. Those players moved the audience not such that they were admitted to a school, or received a complimentary review, but such that the audience feared for their soul. Now that seems to me something to aim for."

-- David Mamet

#Heart Quotes #School Quotes #Player Quotes

“With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.”
“The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.”
“Success is not a miracle. Nor is it a matter of luck. Everything happens for a reason, good or bad, positive or negative.”

Source : Brian Tracy (2002). “The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success”, p.14, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“I live more than anything else to produce the Games.”
“Boldness comes from curiosity.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We discover too late that we have turned a blind eye to the extinction of a species that is essential to the balance of life in a particular context. Or we discover too late that the importation of a foreign life-form, animal or vegetable, has upset local ecosystems, damaging soil or neighbouring life-forms. We discover that we have come near the end of supplies-of fossil-fuels for example -on which we have built immense structures of routine expectation.”

Source : Rowan Williams (2012). “Faith in the Public Square”, p.188, A&C Black
“Because I couldn't go for three.”
“History is littered with people who came up with great ideas and saw others profit from them. You need to make sure you don't join their ranks.”

Source : Joey Reiman (2001). “Thinking for a Living: Creating Ideas That Revitalize Your Business, Career, and Life”, p.103, Taylor Trade Publishing

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