"Promiscuous ... was a word I had never applied to myself. Possibly no one ever does, for it is a sordid word, reducing many valuable moments to nothing more than doglike copulation."

-- Marya Mannes

#Doe Quotes #Moments Quotes #Reducing Quotes

“Naturalism teaches one of the most important things in this world. There is only this life, so live wonderfully and meaningfully.”
“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.”
“The life of an actor is a bit easier to take if you admit you're bonkers.”

Source : Michael Shurtleff (2009). “Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part”, p.4, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.”
“Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs.”
“Often you need to take some risk, but it must be a realistic risk, you can't take a crazy risk.”
“The truth isn't all things to all people all of the time.”
“When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.”

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