"He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor."

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Source : Sarah Bernhardt (1924). “The Art of the Theatre”

Sarah Bernhardt

#Strong Quotes #Anger Quotes #Passion Quotes

“It has been said by many great Christians that prayer is our secret weapon. If we desire to be free from every enemy stronghold over our lives and fully fortified to live the superhuman existences God intended us to live, then we must learn how to pray.”
“There was a time when He was not.”
“I learned I'm not a good executive. I'm an entrepreneur, and I'm creative. I have to go with my gut and do what I want to do.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Because of writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye â€¦ I realized that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate, whose kinky hair could not form ponytails, could also exist in literature.”
“One of the main purpose of art has ever been that of making its indispensable contribution to the growth of entropy of the universal stupidity.”
“I always chose talkative people. And Viva, who was my first wife - we started making films together because she was extraordinarily creative. I was drawn to those people who tended to talk or act differently. The nice thing about using your friends as actors is they trust you. I wouldn't use footage of people that was destructive to them.”
“Such indeed is the superior longevity of the fair females of Surinam, compared to that of the males (owing chiefly, as I said, to their excesses of all sorts) that I have frequently known wives who have buried four husbands, but never met a man in this country who had survived two wives.”

Source : John Gabriel Stedman (1796). “Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; from the Year 1772, to 1777: Elucidating the History of that Country, and Describing Its Productions ... with an Account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. By Captn. J. G. Stedman ... ...”, p.28
“Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points us to heaven where our King Jesus â€” the Lamb of God who was crucified in our place and raised gloriously from the dead â€” now sits interceding for us. Not only so, but it calls us forward to that final day when heaven will be filled with the roaring noise of millions upon millions of forgiven voices hailing him as crucified Savior and risen King.”

Source : Greg Gilbert, D. A. Carson (2010). “What Is the Gospel?”, p.71, Crossway

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