"I was lying, but I wanted to rouse him. I have an inborn urge to contradict; my whole life has been a mere chain of sad and futile opposition to the dictates of either heart or reason. The presence of an enthusiast makes me as cold as a midwinter's day, and, I believe, frequent association with a listless phlegmatic would make me an impassioned dreamer."

-- Mikhail Lermontov

#Lying Quotes #Believe Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.”
“I don't get a chance to be funny on camera as often as I would like.”

Source : "William Sadler on Freedom, naked tai chi, and getting silly as the Grim Reaper". Interview with Will Harris, film.avclub.com. June 20, 2015.
“Have you ever watched the jet cars race on the boulevard?...I sometimes think drivers donâ€™t know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly...If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes! He'd say, thatâ€™s grass! A pink blur! Thatâ€™s a rose garden! White blurs are houses. Brown blurs are cows.”
“I may juggle the composition, as the strength of a picture is in the composition. Or I may play with the light. But I never interfere with the subject. The subject has to fall into place on its own and, if I don't like it, I don't have to print it”
“As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.”
“Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.”
“I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.”
“One of the criteria by which we measure the worth of public figures is whether or not their brand of bull is in step with the current Zeitgeist.”

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