"I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own."

-- Wilson Mizner

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“That's really just the worst part of life really, you get bracketed somewhere and the next thing you know people are saying, 'No. No. That's not the type. Get me so and so.' I'm not a type. I'm an actor.”
“In Islam, all living things have souls. We are made pure by the fire of the lord compassion.”

Source : John Speed (2007). “The Temple Dancer: A Novel of India”, p.38, Macmillan
“I like that ancient Saxon phrase, which calls The burial-ground God's-Acre! It is just; It consecrates each grave within its walls, And breathes a benison o'er the sleeping dust.”
“I like the fact people consider me unique, one of a kind.”
“Your breath upon the wind shall surely lodge within some breast. Ask not whose breast it is. See only that the breath itself be pure.”

Source : Mikhail Naimy (2011). “The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark”, p.129, Duncan Baird Publishers
“And yet as a coach, I know that being fixated on winning (or more likely, not losing) is counterproductive, especially when it causes you to lose control of your emotions. Whatâ€™s more, obsessing about winning is a loserâ€™s game: The most we can hope for is to create the best possible conditions for success, then let go of the outcome. The ride is a lot more fun that way.”
“I am not very interested in extraordinary angles. They can be effective on certain occasions, but I do not feel the necessity for them in my own work. Indeed, I feel the simplest approach can often be most effective. A subject placed squarely in the center of the frame, if attention is not distracted from it by fussy surroundings, has a simple dignity which makes it all the more impressive.”

Source : Bill Brandt (1993). “Bill Brandt: Selected Texts & Bibliography”, MacMillan Publishing Company
“There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship.”

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