"At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist."

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Source : Ugo Betti (1968). “Three Plays”

Ugo Betti

#Eye Quotes #Vision Quotes #Moments Quotes

“At the time I came along, Hollywoods idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!”
“I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.”
“If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.”
“I crocheted a blanket larger than a king-size bed. I just kept going.”

Source : "Q&A: 'Drop Dead Diva' Brooke Elliott". Interview with Scott Huver, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 04, 2010.
“A great many people never really discover themselves until ruin stares them in the face. They do not seem to know how to bring out their reserves until they are overtaken by an overwhelming disaster, or until the sight of their blighted prospects and of the wreck of their homes and happiness stirs them to the very center of their beings.... There is something in defeat which puts new determination into a man of mettle.”
“Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have social peace at the expense of social and racial justice. They are more concerned with easing racial tension than enforcing racial democracy.”
“Theres a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart.”
“Not the first half you might have expected, even though the score might suggest that it was”

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