"No man can discover his own talents."

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Brendan Behan

#Men Quotes #Talent Quotes

“But promises based on ignorance always prove disappointing.”

Source : Jussi Adler-Olsen (2014). “The Keeper of Lost Causes: Department Q 1”, p.185, Penguin UK
“The actors come in and they make characters their own and so Patrick and I have never been the kind to think that our script is the bible. We want to make sure that the story is told, that you stick to the story but if you have to make changes to the character then that's fine. A lot of times there are some funny one-liners, funny things that happen that are out of the ordinary. I like it.”
“There is a major turning point in life when you have to decide: shall I grow old gracefully or shall I try everything to stem the tide? For me, that point came in 2001, when I stopped dyeing my hair.”

Source : "What I see in the mirror" by Nik Kershaw, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2012.
“All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.”
“If I live for self, I can only live for one; if I live for others, I can live for 3,000,000,000.”
“It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more in the nature of a curve, and it is a fact that Welsh affairs are entangled always in parabola, double-meaning and implication. This makes for a web-like interest....”
“You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer.”
“This drink has a magical power. It strengthens the weak, and revives those who have fainted. Those tired after work and physical activity can return their life forces by this drink much sooner than by nourishment. ... It works as a diuretic, an appetizer, an antitoxin.”

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