"Sometimes a day is a symbolic day, and you behave symbolically. Sometimes you search inside for a feeling, and, finding none, you remember that no feeling is frequently the most possible feeling."

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Source : Hilary Thayer Hamann (2010). “Anthropology of an American Girl: A Novel”, p.260, Spiegel & Grau

Hilary Thayer Hamann

#Feelings Quotes #Remember Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“...this time I didn't launch into my usual tirade. Was it a memory of Krishna, the cool silence with which he countered disagreement, that stopped me? I saw something I hadn't realized before: words wasted energy.”
“I'm not interested in being a celebrity; I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director.”
“You made me feel real emotions. You unlocked me.”
“Ive zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself.”
“Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.”
“I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist.”
“Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.”
“Baseball isn't statistics, it's Joe DiMaggio rounding second base.”

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