"As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well."

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Source : "New wonder kid on the block" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2009.

Jonathan Krohn

#Giving Quotes #Acting Quotes #Speech Quotes

“If in the darkness of ignorance, you donâ€™t recognize a personâ€™s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader.”
“I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone's heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.”

Source : Raymond Carver (2015). “Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories”, p.169, Vintage
“The U.S. constitution is an extraordinary document. In my view, it should not be amended often.”
“Faith is not a question of the existence or non-existence of God. It is believing that love without reward is valuable.”
“I want a man who knows something about himself. And is appalled. And has to forgive himself to get along.”

Source : C.P. Snow (2010). “The Masters”, p.40, House of Stratus
“We wonder, how do you instruct seven billion people as to the relationship to the Earth? Because unless they understand that, and relate the way they should be, the future is pretty dim for the human species.”

Source : "Onondaga Leader Oren Lyons, Pete Seeger on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. August 9, 2013.
“I'm tired of leaving my wife at home with no nanny and no cook to take care of four kids by herself.”
“The man who walks alone is soon trailed by the F.B.I.”

Source : Wright Morris (1968). “A Bill of Rites, a Bill of Wrongs, a Bill of Goods”, [New York] : New American Library

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