"... people miss a great deal by being sensible."

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Source : Martha Gellhorn (2014). “The View from the Ground”, p.223, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Martha Gellhorn

#People Quotes #Missing Quotes #Sensible Quotes

“Taxi Driver' is a movie that changed my life and made me a serious actor. Scorsese and De Niro. I give credit for anything that I've ever done as an actor.”
“I think people are isolated because of the nature of human consciousness, and they like it when they feel the connection between themselves and someone else.”
“I think 'Heroes of Cosplay' will show a lot of the positive things, like how much effort it takes to make a costume. These people on the show aren't taking shortcuts. As long as that effort gets through to the viewers, we will be inspirational. Then there will be people who watch the show that want to get in and hands-on make outfits.”
“Lend your money and lose your friend.”
“Our voice resonates with life. Because this is so, it can touch the lives of others. The caring and compassion imbued in your voice finds passage to the listener's soul, striking his or her heart and causing it to sing out; the human voice summons something profound from deep within, and can even compel a person into action.”
“Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them.”
“Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.”
“Do not ask yourself if your love is big enough, because love is neither big nor small, it is simply love.”

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