"Hangovers are a vivid form of vengeance. Last night my apartment became the venue for a small, introverted chardonnay festival. A melancholy choir of Bulgarians provided the entertainment, via a set of headphones that ended up irredeemably tangled beneath the bed. Part of me just watched. The other part was in charge."

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Source : Liz Jensen (2009). “The Rapture”, p.101, A&C Black

Liz Jensen

#Hangover Quotes #Night Quotes #Tangled Quotes

“In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or exercise regime that hoved into view, particularly at this most vulnerable time for those of us prone to poor body image - a new year.”
“The stage was our school, our home, our life.”

Source : Lillian Gish, Ann Pinchot (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me”
“What moves those of genius, what inspires their work is not new ideas, but their obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.”
“The great cowboys are the ones with the biggest hearts.”
“I didn't want to be around anybody because it was just too much for my brain. But, as an actress, you hope you get those meaty roles that push you into the extremities of that psychology. I like doing independent films because there's more room for you to be creative, and the director allowed me to just go wherever I needed to go. It was emotional. I had to cry a lot.”
“I wrote because I wanted to know what everything was about.”
“I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff happening.”
“It can't hurt, publicity is publicity, controversy and all that, it's all good.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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