"The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters."

-- Mary Astell

#Life Quotes #Matter Quotes #Too Short Quotes

“"Hello" is always presented as a linear narrative, a singular chain, sometimes in a loop. But the reality of making it is that connections are naturally sprawling all over the place, so I am free to edit any way I want.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“America is becoming more and more dependent upon imports from foreign manufacturers than we are exports from our country in all fields: in appliances, in clothing, even food. This year America may become for the first time in its history a net food importer.”
“I move in many ways. I can adapt and overcome to any situation.”
“My favourite finds are often antique pieces with a history.”
“One can't fight with oneself, for this battle has only one loser.”

Source : Mario Vargas Llosa (2012). “Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter”, p.161, Faber & Faber
“As best I can tell there was no advance warning of the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, which was the first significant foreign terrorist activity in the U.S. No tip-offs that it was coming.”

Source : "Listen to the Admiral". Interview with Ann Louise Bardach, www.slate.com. December 16, 2004.
“With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.”

Source : "Stage to Screens: Zosia Mamet, One of the "Girls," Is Now Really Really Starring Off-broadway". Interview with Christopher Wallenberg, www.playbill.com. February 19, 2013.
“We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.”

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