"Because the rhythm of conversation makes no allowance for dead periods, because the presence of others calls for continuous responses, we are left to regret the inanity of what we say, and the missed opportunity of what we do not."

-- Alain de Botton

#Regret Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Allowance Quotes

“I'm glad I want everything in the world - good and bad - bitter and sweet - I want it all.”
“If you make the bad guy enticing and dangerous, that's where the excitement of playing the role really kicks in. I don't get to do that in my normal day-to-day life. Life is too taxing to go to those dark places.”
“The world has lost a great musician who will always be an inspiration to me and those at OBEY GIANT.”
“Existential depression has always annoyed me; it is one of the world's most pointless forms of suffering.”
“How do we solve the problem by allowing a number of refugees to return to Israel, allowing a number of refugees to return to the Palestinian state, and allowing a number of refugees to settle, with general compensation, where they want to settle? It is not an abstract problem. It involves four million human beings, and more than fifty years of various sorts of misery. But it is not an insolvable problem. It involves some good will, and a readiness to give up historic myths on both sides.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“The regular guy still relates to him and Howard is a $500 million guy now who dates a model and drives about in a limo all day. But Howard still knows how to make a plumber laugh and those guys still have him on in the morning, because he is a real talent.”
“Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.”
“That's the thing with animated films - I often feel that puppets get the better parts compared to us normal actresses.”

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