"Are there many situations more sublimely tragic than the struggle of the soul with the demand to renounce a work which has been all the significance of its life--a significance which is to vanish as the waters which come and go where no man has need of them?"

-- George Eliot

#Work Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Men Quotes

“My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.”

Source : "My family values: Brian Blessed". Interview with Chris Hall, www.theguardian.com. January 1, 2010.
“An education reformer is as important in America as the first lady.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com
“A sweetly scented angel fell, she laid her head upon my disbelief, and battled with me with her ever smile.”
“Hurting people is such a boyish thing to do.”
“Nasty is the new normal in Florida. Politics here is very gutterlike. It's like a very bad reality TV show that still gets very high ratings.”
“I think that any show that doesn't have huge ratings, that's what you're always up against. Meanwhile, conversations are ongoing. Everything is running the way that things usually run, in these types of situations. I guess we'll find out, like everybody else. But, we don't fret about it because, really, it's out of our control. We can only step back and do our work, and therein lies the serenity. We're hoping for the best and just doing what we love.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Martin Sheen is my pinup! And Allison Janney, oh my God. They're brilliant actors.”

Source : "Sophie Thompson: 'I haven't played Hedda Gabler yet, but maybe if I did I'd find the funny bits'". Interview with Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2011.
“As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com

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