"There are people who prefer to look their fate in the eye"

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Source : Keith Johnstone (2012). “Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre”, p.92, Routledge

Albert Camus

#Eye Quotes #Fate Quotes #People Quotes

“Just because you put higher-octane gasoline in your car doesn't mean you can break the speed limit. The speed limit's still 65.”
“I've had failures, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't beneath me to pick up the phone and introduce myself to Bernard Malamud and say, "I'd like to introduce myself to you and to come meet you. I think I might have something that's worthy of your skills as a writer."”

Source : Interview with Suzanne Snider, believermag.com. May 2010.
“Acting to me is a very organic art form and you just go and do it. And I like to direct the same way that I like to be directed. Let me bring in what I want to bring in, and if something's wrong, just tell me about it and I'll make some corrections or adjustments. And that's what I do.”
“I've always said and I'd be one of the first people to admit; I think there are literally thousands of actors out there more talented than I am by a country mile. I've just been fortunate enough to be in the right place at the right time, and I guess I had the right look.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me.”
“Suddenly the staggering love bursts away from me like milk from a smashed glass.”

Source : Katherine Dunn (2011). “Geek Love: A Novel”, p.48, Vintage
“The hardest game to win is a won game”
“A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.”

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