"The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel."

-- Charles Churchill

#Lying Quotes #Acting Quotes #Crime Quotes

“Writing is acting in the sense that you're imagining and inhabiting another. In the book I was trying to get at the root of what true acting is.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“A high quality life starts with a high quality you!”
“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.”

Source : Tape recording (November 18, 1977) to be played in the event of his assassination (the version of recording given to Frank Robinson) as quoted in Randy Shilts "The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk" (p. 372), 1982.
“I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful. Amor fati: let that be my love henceforth! I do not want to wage war against what is ugly. I do not want to accuse; I do not even want to accuse those who accuse. Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer.”
“Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture, health care, and life sciences is directly related to scientific advancement.”
“Raw food is the best way to have the cleanest energy. We take so much care about what kind of fuel we put in our car, what kind of oil. We care about that sometimes more than the fuel that we're looking at putting in our bodies. It's cleaner burning fuel.”
“He is so brilliant. He shines. He's beautiful with his hands that grab things and his tongue that says things and the way he stands and chews his food for so long, mashing it into a paste before he swallows.”
“Water has always been something that I care deeply about, and I'm very aware of its limits on this planet. If we don't change our behavior around water, water will become as valuable as oil. That is a given. When people don't understand that, I'm surprised.”

Source : Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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