"I sometimes look into the face of my dog Stan and see a wistful sadness and existential angst, when all he is actually doing is slowly scanning the ceiling for flies."

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Source : Merrill Markoe (1992). “What the Dogs Have Taught Me: And Other Amazing Things I've Learned”, Viking Press

Merrill Markoe

#Dog Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Ceilings Quotes

“Our most consequential human problems will be resolved, not through competition, but collaboration... what we need in education is a learning climate in which students work together. In such an atmosphere, truth emerges as authentic insights are conscientiously exchanged.”
“The man who follows is forever at your back, something to consider Champion.”
“A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom, morality, and humanity.”

Source : "Michael Moore Wisconsin Speech: America Is Not Broke" by Michael Moore, www.thedailybeast.com. March 7, 2011.
“I think it's sad when people stop dreaming, or start losing hope. Because holding onto the bonkers dream might just turn out to be the most marvellous thing you ever did.”
“I learned in grade-school that after WWII European politicians considered sending Jews to Madagascar instead of Palestine. At the time I thought: Madagascar would've been so great.”
“I get so excited about reading a new script.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to be onstage. I wanted to do musical theater, and from that I realized I was interested in plays. I never imagined myself on television. I was so lucky to be onstage my whole life.”

Source : "Scott Bakula Talks BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, Working with Steven Soderbergh, Why the Film Landed at HBO, BASMATI BLUES, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. May 26, 2013.
“We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on the actors. You can't wash away your life's history, which is written on your face, unless you get a facelift.”

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