"You are what you are. It is my opinion that trouble in the world comes from people who do not know what they are, and pretend to be something they're not."

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Source : Lillian Hellman (1943). “The North Star: A Motion Picture about Some Russian People”

Lillian Hellman

#People Quotes #World Quotes #Opinion Quotes

“I had a hard time at school because I worked, so I was quite often out of school, which meant that I didn't make many friends. It can happen to child actors, because you're not in the school environment. And I did miss that school environment and being around people.”
“I will venture to assert that no combination of designing men under heaven will be capable of making a government unpopular which is in its principles a wise and good one, and vigorous in its operations.”
“Being pregnant was a lot like being a child again. There was always someone telling you what to do.”

Source : Emily Oster (2013). “Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong--and What You Really Need to Know”, p.14, Penguin
“Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.”
“You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.”
“The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint.”
“To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.”

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