"Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed."

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Hugh Leonard

#Father Quotes #Notes Quotes

“Some scientist needs to explain to spectators Einstein's relativity theory. Before his explanation, he says: 'I have to suffer a lot explaining something I don't understand myself.' This relates to my game: I didn't understand anything!”
“August in Kansas City is hotter than two rats f**king in a sock.”
“In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty.”
“I use products from my dermatologist but the best things you can do for your skin, are not smoke always use sunscreen and drink a lot of water.”
“Leaving what feels secure behind and following the beckoning of our hearts doesn't always end as we expect or hope. We may even fail. But here's the payoff: it can also be amazing and wonderful and immensely satisfying.”
“A ghost story of which the scene is laid in the twelfth or thirteenth century may succeed in being romantic or poetical: it will never put the reader into the position of saying to himself: "If I'm not careful, something of this kind may happen to me!”

Source : M. R. James (1987). “Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories”, p.647, Oxford Paperbacks
“You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you.”
“I care for my dogs as if my life depended on them. And oftentimes it does.”

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