"That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me."

-- Zhang Ziyi

#Dark Quotes #Personality Quotes #Belief Quotes

“I sank back in the gray, plush seat and closed my eyes. The air of the bell jar wadded round me and I couldn't stir.”
“We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights, but not without the misfortunes that drive our search for meaning. 'Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities,' St. Paul wrote in Second Corinthians, 'for when I am weak, then I am strong.'”

Source : "Here's What Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Said At The Conclusion Of Their Controversial Blasphemy Trial". Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's closing speech at the Pussy Riot trial in Russia, www.businessinsider.com. August 10, 2012.
“It seems to me that there are two kinds of trickery: the "fronts" people assume before one another's eyes, and the "front" a writer puts on the face of reality.”
“I've always felt there are three sexes: men, women, and actors. And actors combine the worst qualities of the other two.”

Source : Peter Biskind (2013). “My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles”, p.199, Macmillan
“The prerequisite for making love is to like someone enormously.”
“A genius is always on duty; even his dreams are tax deductible.”
“I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.”
“You should see my baby pictures. My cheeks hung off my face like water balloons. You can imagine how often I was teased.”

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