"You don't psych yourself up for these things, you do them... I'm acting for the audience, not for myself, and I do it as directly as I can."

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Source : "Cagney by Cagney". Book by James Cagney, 1976.

James Cagney

#Psych Quotes #Acting Quotes #Audience Quotes

“If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.”
“I think both sides [China and United States] should work hard to build a new type of relationship between big powers. The two sides should cooperate with each other for a win-win result in order to benefit people from the two countries and the world.”

Source : "Xi, Obama Vow to Step Up Cooperation". english.cntv.cn. June 08, 2013.
“If anarchists are idealists, they may simply be likened to someone who finds himself swimming in a cesspool and, rather than paddling about looking for the area with the least amount of floating faeces, seeks to climb out of the pool completely.”
“I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.”
“Every last cast is actually a first cast. The first cast and first chance to catch the next fish. The next time you anguish about whether to make that last cast, forget it - the anguish that is - and cast away. The next fish caught on a last cast will not be the first.”
“If life is no fun, it is because you are no fun. Your life is always a reflection of who you are... Try this: Stop taking things, including yourself, so seriously. Life is not as complicated as you have made it out to be.”
“I tried to remember how to exhale. I had to look away before it came back to me.”
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”

Source : "The Prince". Book by Niccolo Machiavelli, Ch. 22, 1513.

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