"At the moment developing a nice little inoffensive cancer somewhere on dry land seemed infinitely preferable to what she was grimly convinced was soon to be her death by drowning way too far out at sea."

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Source : Dana Stabenow (2011). “Dead in the Water”, p.10, Gere Donovan Press

Dana Stabenow

#Nice Quotes #Cancer Quotes #Sea Quotes

“What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself.”
“I do want to get married. It's a nice idea. Though I think husbands are like tattoos--you should wait until you come across something you want on your body for the rest of your life instead of just wandering into a tattoo parlor on some idle Sunday and saying, 'I feel like I should have one of these suckers by now. I'll take a thorny rose and a "MOM" anchor, please. No, not that one--the big one.”

Source : Sloane Crosley (2008). “I Was Told There'd Be Cake”, p.120, Penguin
“History is littered with many, many talented young people who got a break damaged in the end by fame and other things when they were young and took it.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“And he knew that at that moment, they understood each other perfectly, and when he told her what he was going to do now, she would not say â€˜be carefulâ€™ or â€˜donâ€™t do itâ€™, but she would accept his decision because she would not have expected anything less of him.”
“I can generate suctional forces, which act indirectly and are entirely undetectable. No current of air can be noticed; only an almost imperceptible cooling, as occurs when air is sucked in strongly with the back of the hand held in front of the mouth. It is therefore incorrect to say that I have copied the cyclones and typhoons of the tropics.”
“I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.”
“Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naÃ¯vetÃ©, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.”

Source : Steve Martin (2007). “Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life”, p.67, Simon and Schuster
“A healthy body means a healthy mind. You get your heart rate up, and you get the blood flowing through your body to your brain. Look at Albert Einstein. He rode a bicycle. He was also an early student of Jazzercise. You never saw Einstein lift his shirt, but he had a six-pack under there.”

Source : "Steve Carell on How to Act Brilliant" by Nancy Miller, www.wired.com. April 21, 2008.

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