"We are not taught that hardship is the anvil upon which we are beaten into beauty. We are not taught that some of our greatest moments are some of our most difficult."

-- Daniel Gillies

#Hardship Quotes #Anvils Quotes #Taught Quotes

“The fun of living is that we have to make ourselves, after all.”
“Until we recognize the SELF that exists apart from who we think we are - we cannot know the Ch'an ( ZEN ) MIND”
“One of the things we're taught as actors is restraint - don't jump off the cliff.”

Source : "Ted Lange sails past 'Love Boat'" by Jesse Hamlin, www.sfgate.com. March 26, 2003.
“It's north and south pole. When you win you feel great, but when you lose it, it's like you've lost 10 games in a row.”
“Does anybody has President Obama's phone number? 'Cause I have figure out why the unemployment rate in the United States is so high. Because Zack Ryder's doing all the jobs.”
“I don't like conservatives. They always talk about the good old days. I'm black, we have no good old days.”
“A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.”

Source : "Portraits: Talking with Artists at the Met, the Modern, the Louvre, and Elsewhere". Book by Hans Haacke, 1998.
“We need to think less NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard), and more SWIMBY (Something Wonderful In My Back Yard)”

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