"The passion that transforms life, and art, did not seem to be mine. But in all essentials, my life was a good performance."

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Source : "Damage: a novel".

Josephine Hart

#Art Quotes #Passion Quotes #Essentials Quotes

“Why should you ask blood be spilled for a cause that is not in the interest of the American people?”
“Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.”
“Sovereignty is a question of principle. We must tell the Iraqis: you are a sovereign people. And you are in charge of your own future.”

Source : Interview, www.nytimes.com. September 22, 2003.
“To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel is not the same thing as writing a play. There is a difference in form, but essentially what you're after is the same thing.”
“I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.”

Source : Broadcast speech (as Princess Elizabeth) to the Commonwealth from Cape Town, 21 April 1947, in 'The Times' 22 April 1947
“I think I was very nave early on, but that also meant I didn't know what couldn't be done.”
“I'm a businesswoman who's serious about her money. I want an empire”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States, I don't know how he would have handled that, because it was getting pretty crazy. I mean, a celebrity which he really did not welcome. And I can't blame him.”

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