"I looked at it [revolver] as if it reminded me of a crime I had committed with an irrepressible smile such as rises sometimes to peopleâ€™s lips in the face of great catastrophes which are beyond their grasp, the smile that comes at times on certain womenâ€™s faces while they are saying they regret the harm they have done. It is the smile of nature quietly and proudly asserting its natural right to kill."

-- Anais Nin

#Regret Quotes #People Quotes #Done Quotes

“You can grow up with literally nothing and you donâ€™t suffer if you know youâ€™re loved and valued,”

Source : "New Note" by John Colapinto, www.newyorker.com. March 15, 2010.
“I think making a great action movie is one of the hardest cinematic endeavors. By definition, smart characters avoid action. Smart people don't go down dark alleys, but if you're making an action movie and you want to have an action sequence, somehow you have to get that character into that dangerous situation.”

Source : "Doug Liman: How to Make an Original Hollywood Blockbuster". Interview with Garin Pirnia, www.esquire.com. June 6, 2014.
“When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.”

Source : Song: The Long Arm of the Law, Album: Transverse City
“My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.”
“Probably people always feel that they are living in a time of transition, but we can hardly be mistaken perhaps in thinking that this is an era of particularly momentous change, rapid and proceeding at an ever quickening rate.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers
“My ambition is to not embarrass myself--which, if you know me, is a pretty serious ambition.”

Source : David Lipsky (2010). “Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”, p.118, Broadway Books
“There are things that are not sayable. Thatâ€™s why we have art.”
“I came to love Fenway. It was a place that rejuvenated me after a road trip; the fans right on top of you, the nutty angles. And the Wall. That was my baby, the left-field wall, the Green Monster.”

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