"In all the splendor of solitude... it is a test of myself, and one thing I loathe is to have to test myself in front of other people."

-- Naomi Uemura

#People Quotes #Solitude Quotes #Tests Quotes

“Faith is the choice of the nobler hypothesis.' Not the noblest, one never knows what that is. But the nobler, the best one can see when the choice is made.”
“It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing.”
“Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.”
“I've never been obsessed with celebrity or star-struck or anything. I met Penelope Cruz when we were in Toronto, who I think is a goddess and an unbelievable actress, and she introduced herself. As she walked away from the table I had to take a deep breath, which was strange because I've never had that with anyone.”
“But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?”

Source : Billie Burke (2015). “With A Feather On My Nose”, p.248, Pickle Partners Publishing
“One may forgive infidelity, but one does not forget it.”
“So basically, I graduated high school a semester early.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We need to eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.”

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