"men change less than is imagined; their after life is only a kaleidescope combination of the elements of their character at the period of adolescence."

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Source : Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury (2009). “Zoe: The History of Two Lives”, p.173, ReadHowYouWant.com

Geraldine Jewsbury

#Character Quotes #Men Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“I think people who basically do one thing like Eric Clapton is great. But I've always enjoyed playing different kinds of music and playing with different kinds of musicians because I find that really interesting, like learning and working with Kip Hanrahan. There's a great conga player called Milton Cardona and he taught me a lot of the nuances, he's a Santeria Priest and so he knows his onions as it were.”
“I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.”
“Quebecers are happy in Canada. We are benefiting economically and fiscally from belonging to Canada. We're proud of being Canadian. It's a great country. Everybody on Earth envies our Canadian citizenship.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I was able to get a few words out that Scott Peterson was the Scott Peterson that had a missing, pregnant wife and ... I just shook. They said I was there probably like an hour and it just seemed like a moment ... I couldn't stop shaking. So I was, I guess, in shock.”
“Secrets with girls, like guns with boys, are never valued till they make a noise.”
“This is a good group of young guys that's eager to play. When I was coming up with the (Minnesota) Twins, they called us a Triple-A team. But then we made the playoffs. That's the direction we're headed.”
“I learned how to let other performers have their moment. A lot of people can't do that. They just chew the scenery and steamroll over their scene partners. It doesn't make you look better in the long run to do that. You have to have balance in your scene. If it's somebody else's moment, let them have it. Learn how to be generous. Plus, it makes the audience hate you.”

Source : "Wendi McLendon-Covey on Her New Sitcom and Her Career in Comedy". Interview with Phoebe Robinson, www.glamour.com. September 24, 2013.
“Money is in the exponent. And exponent needs to be calculated precisely.”

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