"I think that's an important part of art in general. Especially in literature, in stories, we play with eventualities that may put us through a lot of intense negative feelings - say, in horror films or tragedies as intense as King Lear - but we come out feeling richer. We've lived to the fullest, we've tested ourselves in these environments."

-- Brian Boyd

#Art Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“For reasons he couldnâ€™t understand a sadness came over him and it was then he saw the girl standing on the other side of the dirt road, her eyes pools of absolute sorrow, her light brown hair glowing in the splinters of sunlight that forced their way through the trees.”
“I love all animals. I have a fascination with fish, birds, whales - sentient life - insects, reptiles.”
“Things and conditions can give you pleasure but they cannot give you joy- joy arises from within.”
“Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself.”
“Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.”
“I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many people you hire, nobody is going to get is as much as yourself does. So it's really important to be your own leader at all times and not hand it all off, otherwise the whole empire will fall apart.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Everyone alters and is altered by everyone else. We are all the time taking in portions of one another or else reacting against them, and by these involuntary acquisitions and repulsions modifying our natures.”
“I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!”

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