"we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today"

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Source : Sydney Smith, lady Saba (Smith) Holland Holland (1855). “A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith”, p.472

Sydney Smith

#Happiness Quotes #Today Quotes #Tomorrow Quotes

“AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.”

Source : "Mbeki vows to step up AIDS fight". www.cnn.com. February 8, 2002.
“Never give up. Just follow your dreams because this business can be so hard sometimes. It doesn't happen overnight where you get an audition or even a callback and get the role. It takes time.”
“Brother killing brother, father slaying son. From the looks of this old graveyard, hell nobody really won.”
“Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre game of deception.”
“The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons...”
“Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks.”
“Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved.”
“My advice to emerging documentary filmmakers would be: try to find other people, a group, a cooperative that you can work with. Filmmaking is hard and lonely and decidedly unglamorous. Find like-minded souls and share the joy and the misery.”

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