"What we know matters but who we are matters more."

-- BrenÃ© Brown

#Who We Are Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Come little cottage girl, you seem to want my cup of tea; and will you take a little cream? Now tell the truth to me!”

Source : Barry Pain (1892). “Playthings and Parodies”, London [etc.] Cassell
“Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.”

Source : "Kevin Kline Talks DARLING COMPANION, Charlie Kaufman’s FRANK OR FRANCIS, and His Oscar Short with Mike Myers". Press conference, collider.com. April 19, 2012.
“Because you can't keep up the illusion forever," I say. "No one has that much magic.”
“If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.”
“Weak minds make treaties with the passions they cannot overcome, and try to purchase happiness at the expense of principle; but the resolute will of a strong man scorns such means, and struggles nobly with his foe to achieve great deeds.”
“The real crucial link in the international exchange is the last three feet, which is bridged by personal contact, one person talking to another.”
“Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.”

Source : "A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs" by Mona Simpson, www.nytimes.com. October 30, 2011.
“Some wars are about bombing. For the people of the Baltics, this war was about believing. In 1991, after 50 years of brutal occupation, the three Baltic countries regained their independence, peacefully and with dignity. They chose hope over hate and showed the world that even through the darkest night, there is light. Please research it. Tell someone. These three tiny nations have taught us that love is the most powerful army. Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy - love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.”

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