"Some animals are secretive; some are shy. A cat is private."

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Leonard Michaels

#Cat Quotes #Animal Quotes #Shy Quotes

“My definition of God: God is not only the alpha, the omega, he is friend, he's a confidant, he is a buddy. He is a lover of my soul. That's my definition of God.”
“When you give away a little piece of your heart, you're giving away the only thing you can give away, which, after you do, you got more left than you had before you gave some of it away.”
“I'm not giving up on my work. I'm still trying to challenge people's aesthetics and myself.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Early on I was a lot more unsure of myself on stage. When our band The Decemberists was getting bigger audiences I was more concerned about alienating them, so I wasn't as willing to take risks and do weird stuff on stage. But once you get more accustomed to it you tend to have more fun with it and not worry about being pilloried for acting out. Whenever you play in front of 400 or 500 more people than you're used to it's always a weird, transitional period.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“What if we found ourselves building something that nobody wanted? In that case what did it matter if we did it on time and on budget?”
“People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.”
“I'm clearly not Brad Pitt, and I'm never going to be Brad Pitt.”

Source : "Paul Giamatti: 'I'm clearly not Brad Pitt'" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2009.
“Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.”

Source : George Orwell (1998). “It is what I think, 1947-1948”, Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd

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