"He that loves a book will never want a [close] friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes."

-- Isaac Barrow

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“If I missed my moment, I missed my moment. I mean, I wasn't pining to be president of the United States.”
“I believe in professionalism, but playing is not like a job. You have to be grateful to have the opportunity to play.”
“In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion of a movie, the budget is almost as large as the cost of the movie.”
“Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done.”
“As a woman, as a lesbian, as a Jew, much of what I call history, others will not. But answering that challenge of exclusion is the work of a lifetime.”

Source : Joan Nestle (1987). “A restricted country: essays and short stories”
“I'm not a subscriber to walking into large corporate entities that I have to walk into and be waiting in line, because then I have to stand there.”
“... the state is not absolute, and loyalty to the state cannot be absolute.”

Source : Petra Karin Kelly (1994). “Thinking green!: essays on environmentalism, feminism, and nonviolence”, Parallax Pr
“My mom just didn't put a very high premium on me being like really famous or really wealthy or anything.”

Source : "Q & A: Raising Hope’s Martha Plimpton on being a child actress, guest stars and Twitter". Interview with Lance Carter, www.dailyactor.com. September 27, 2011.

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