"I didn't know that once you've proven yourself useful to the wrong people, you'll never be free again."

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Source : Steve Hamilton (2010). “The Lock Artist: A Novel”, p.187, Macmillan

Steve Hamilton

“In my spare time, I paint, garden, hike and enjoy massages for my weary writer's back.”
“But you really - I always think that a director has got to adapt to whatever the needs of the actor are. You know, so if you take someone like Eddie Murphy, who is not a big fan of rehearsal. You know he comes out of stand-up. He comes - it's all about capturing the moment - in the moment, you know.”
“I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father's equal, and I never loved any other man as much.”

Source : Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”
“Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.”

Source : William Barclay (1956). “The Gospel of John”
“In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.”
“In the liberal imagination, the money is the government's by default, and the president and Congress determine through the tax code how much to give back to the people.”
“We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects. You can actually figure out before you work on something how much blood you will have to let emotionally.”
“I...have always known that my destiny was, above all, a literary destiny â€” that bad things and some good things would happen to me, but that, in the long run, all of it would be converted into words. Particularly the bad things, since happiness does not need to be transformed: happiness is its own end.”

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