"What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily is he disturbed and put out of order."

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Source : James Boswell, Mark Harris (1981). “The heart of Boswell: six journals in one volume”, McGraw-Hill Companies

James Boswell

#Men Quotes #Order Quotes #Psychological Quotes

“The films I liked were European films-Fellini, Antonioni, Truffaut.”

Source : "11 Things You Didn't Know About The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" by Jennifer M. Wood, www.esquire.com. October 21, 2014.
“I loved getting classical training in terms of acting. I would've stayed in acting school for the rest of my life if I could have. It was this amazing period of my life where everything was so safe.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.”

Source : Nadine Gordimer (2012). “Telling Times: Writing and Living, 1950-2008”, p.121, A&C Black
“I've always been a little soft. I like to eat.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Weâ€™re all searching for something to fill up what I like to call that big, God-shaped hole in our souls. Some people use alcohol, or sex, or their children, or food, or money, or music, or heroin. A lot of people even use the concept of God itself. I could go on and on. I used to know a girl who used shoes. She had over two-hundred pairs. But itâ€™s all the same thing, really. People, for some stupid reason, think they can escape their sorrows.”
“She had of course, kept working. He liked to think she would have moved under the table to continue her task if a gun battle had broken out, but he wasn't sure.”

Source : Eileen Wilks (2004). “Tempting Danger”, p.225, Penguin
“The only times that we can have what we long for are those moments when we stop grasping for it. At such times, all things are possible: "to a mind that is 'still' the whole universe surrenders".”

Source : SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”
“People travel because it teaches them things they could learn no other way.”

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