"Great God! This is an awful place."

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Source : Diary, 17 Jan. 1912

Robert Falcon Scott

#Witty Quotes #Awful Quotes

“It's hard having kids because it's boring... It's just being with them on the floor while they be children. They read Clifford the Big Red Dog to you at a rate of 50 minutes a page, and you have to sit there and be horribly proud and bored at the same time.”
“They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be explained and worked through intelligently (though they have tried to stay equable). I've noticed this is often the time when children begin calling their parents by their first names, becoming little ironists after their parents' faults. What could be lonelier for a parent than to be criticized by his child on a first-name basis?”
“He who stops being better stops being good.”
“If you can win in adversity, you can win anywhere!”
“Suppose they gave a war, and no one came?”
“If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.”
“Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.”
“I love collaboration. I love working with people to come up with something better than what I initially thought. With directing, you have to be controlling in a lot of ways, but I find myself trying to battle against that, to not be controlling, because that's when great things can come about, beyond how great you think you can be.”

Source : "Octavia Spencer Talks RED BAND SOCIETY, Her Character’s Journey in Season 1, Favorite Scenes, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 16, 2014.

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