"One of the things I learned from my father, and it did not serve me well at all, was that he was a successful writer, he earned a living. And it was a shock for me to find out that it was actually hard to make a living as a writer."

-- Michael Tolkin

#Father Quotes #Successful Quotes #Shock Quotes

“What's that sound I hear? It's just my lifetime It's whistling past my ear”
“You know how easily and suddenly these things happen, beginning in playful teasing and ending in something a little warmer than friendship. You squeeze the slender arm which is passed through yours, you venture to take the little gloved hand, you say good night at absurd length in the shadow of the door. It is innocent and very interesting, love trying his wings in a first little flutter.”
“When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from.”
“Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.”
“I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be.”
“People should hear the pure blues - the #â€Ž blues we used to have when we had no money.”
“I realised that in a lot of failures, there is a lot of opportunities.”

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