"How can you have confidence in a woman who will not risk entrusting her whole life to you, day and night?"

--

Cesare Pavese

#Night Quotes #Risk Quotes #Whole Life Quotes

“You can't live a healthy life on a sick planet.”

Source : "How Seventh Generation Made Sustainable Cleaning Products Mainstream". Interview with Meghan French Dunbar, consciouscompanymedia.com. July 4, 2015.
“When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.”
“If you look at the world one way, it takes from you - it's a thief of time, energy, creative mojo. But if you look at the world another way, it gives you an endless supply of motivation.”
“â€¦the violin â€” that most human of all instrumentsâ€¦”
“Working with a great director is wonderful for an actor because it means that you're not forced to take the advice of an idiot.”
“No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our books are great literature with great metaphors of real life dealing with fears and hopes.”
“So, too, if, to our surprise, we should meet one of these morons whose remarks are so conspicuous a part of the folklore of the world of the radio--remarks made without using either the tongue or the brain, spouted much like the spoutings of small whales--we should recognize him as below the level of nature but not as below the level of the imagination.”
“In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU - nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.”

Source : "The New World of Nicolas Berggruen". Interview with Richard Bradley, www.worth.com. October 21, 2012.

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