"Words don't tell you what people are thinking. Rarely do we use words to really tell. We use words to sell people or to convince people or to make them admire us. It's all disguise. It's all hidden -- a secret language."

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Source : "Robert Altman: What I've Learned" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

Robert Altman

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Secret Quotes

“I couldn't meet his gaze. I stared at the table just behind him--the mess of cards on it, the lantern giving off its quiet glow. "When you gave me your shirt to wear that night, I could feel you. I could feel your essence." The world went still. We were standing only inches from each other, not touching. Outside, I could hear the faint murmur of the wind blowing through the trees. "What did it feel like?" he asked in a low voice. "Like...coming home," I admitted.”
“know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.”

Source : Nora Roberts (2006). “Morrigan's Cross”, p.259, Penguin
“Childhood is a disease - a sickness that you grow out of.”
“That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.”
“Was there any human urge more pitiful-or more intense- than wanting another chance at something?”

Source : Joe Hill (2013). “NOS4R2”, p.222, Hachette UK
“I'm not really caught up in the whole commercial thing of Christmas. I'm probably more of a pagan than a Christian, but it's hard not to get caught up in it.”
“Perfection does not consist in macerating or killing the body, but in killing our perverse self-will.”

Source : William Law (1726). “A practical treatise upon Christian perfection”, p.2
“When I go to the movies, one of my strongest desires is to be shown something new. I want to go to new places, meet new people, have new experiences. When I see Hollywood formulas mindlessly repeated, a little something dies inside of me: I have lost two hours to boors who insist on telling me stories I have heard before.”

Source : Roger Ebert (2009). “Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007”, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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