"We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off."

-- Pliny the Elder

#Eye Quotes #Afar Quotes #Neglect Quotes

“There are very few bad people. There are just a lot of people that are unlucky.”
“I am often lost in my own world, with a frown on my face.”

Source : "Hayley Atwell: 'The real me is a loner, a nerd and a bit overweight'". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 2010.
“Resignation is a daily suicide.”
“If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.”
“More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.”
“It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love. In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die.”
“The fully developed bureaucratic apparatus compares with other organisations exactly as does the machine with the non-mechanical modes of production.”
“I have never had a current state of mind. My mind changes a great deal. I am very affected by any sorrow or sad thing, and I am very affected by joy and beauty.”

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