"Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life."

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Source : John Millington Synge (2008). “The Complete Works of J. M. Synge”, p.317, Wordsworth Editions

John Millington Synge

#Beauty Quotes #Art Quotes #Character Quotes

“The shoulders of a borrower are always a little straighter than those of a beggar.”
“Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.”
“There are some days when you don't feel like being Alan Cumming.”

Source : "Cumming out on top". Interview with Adam Higginbotham, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2003.
“It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed.”
“I like action movies! Action movies are awesome.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The gods envy us. They envy us because weâ€™re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because weâ€™re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”

Source : "Troy". www.imdb.com. 2004.
“The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ray Lewis from Apr 20, 2015
“But it just comes down to trying to get the work out there and however the team fits together then that's the way it sort of plays into itself.”

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