"I don't need the money after 11 years on 'Frasier,' and there aren't that many great roles onstage left for somebody my age. I'm more interested in playing those roles than I am in playing bit parts in movies."

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Source : Time Out Chicago interview, www.timeout.com.

John Mahoney

#Years Quotes #Age Quotes #Needs Quotes

“One who was born in the house of a warrior, regardless of his rank or class, first acquaints himself with a man of military feats and achievements in loyalty....Everyone knows that if a man doesn't hold filial piety toward his own parents he would also neglect his duties toward his lord. Such a neglect means a disloyalty toward humanity. Therefore such a man doesn't deserve to be called 'samurai'.”
“It helps to regard soul as an active intelligence, forming and plotting each person's fate. Translators use "plot" to render the ancient Greek word mythos in English. The plots that entangle our souls and draw forth our characters are the great myths. That is why we need a sense of myth and knowledge of different myths to gain insight into our epic struggles, our misalliances, and our tragedies. Myths show the imaginative structures inside our messes, and our human characters can locate themselves against the background of the characters of myth.”

Source : James Hillman (2012). “The Force of Character: And the Lasting Life”, p.11, Ballantine Books
“Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite.”
“Nobody has a bigger cult than Warren Buffett,”
“I Pray That A Tennis Player Should Emerge From Ranchi As MS Dhoni Emerged For Cricket”
“The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat: - let such a one be dismissed!”
“No matter what you do, your grandmother thinks it's wonderful.”
“Rich women are not too put upon by their children. You don't have to do all the things for a child that those women who had to stay at home did. My Ann had a French governess who took care of her until she was twelve years old and went off to boarding school.”

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