"The old woman I shall become will be quite different from the woman I am now. Another I is beginning."

-- George Sand

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“I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.”

Source : "Gary Oldman: from Sid to Smiley: the rollercoaster story of a true British great" by Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2012.
“The sound of distant breakers made her heart ache with melancholy. She was in the mood when the sea has a saddening effect upon the nerves. It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay. When they are gay, the waves echo their gaiety; but when they are sad, then every breaker, as it rolls, seems to bring additional sadness and to speak to us of hopelessness and of the pettiness of all our joys.”

Source : Baroness Orczy (2013). “The Scarlet Pimpernel”, p.151, House of Stratus
“In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.”
“I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I dressed or they liked the way I smile.”
“As a baby, Bret Hart was so ugly that they had to put tinted windows on his incubator!”
“Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind.”
“People abhor boxing, and I agree, but I admire men and women who can stand in a ring like that, nowhere to hide. I've only been to a couple of boxing matches, and they're different from any other event. I'm not there to see blood; I'm there for the heart of someone being able to get up and keep going. And for the respect that's often there in the end.”
“But keep on working and hoping still. For in spite of the grumblers who stand about, somehow, it seems, all things work out.”

Source : Edgar Albert Guest (1926). “The Light of Faith”

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