"Talent is nothing but a prolonged period of attention and a shortened period of mental assimilation."

-- Constantin Stanislavski

#Attention Quotes #Talent Quotes #Periods Quotes

“A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are.”

Source : "I don't want to be a dictator or to be adored" by Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2004.
“The sharp employ the sharp; verily, a man may be known by his attorney.”
“If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration.”
“In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. It is not a good plan to be in haste to perform any action that it may be sooner over. On the contrary, you should accustom yourself to do whatever you have to do with tranquility, in order that you may retain the possession of yourself and of settled peace.”
“Don't rebel against the mainstream only to conform to the underground.”
“One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.”
“Storytelling is at the heart of life. As a child, I was never bored because I could always get on with my story.”
“There's a reason I said I'd be happy alone. It wasn't 'cause I thought I'd be happy alone. It was because I thought if I loved someone and then it fell apart, I might not make it. It's easier to be alone. Because what if you learn that you need love and then you don't have it? What if you like it and lean on it? What if you shape your life around it and then it falls apart? Can you even survive that kind of pain? Losing love is like organ damage. It's like dying. The only difference is death ends. This? It could go on forever.”

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