"James Agate, a great critic of the day, advised me that the way to learn your job properly was to learn Shakespeare, so I went to Stratford. It really sorts out the men from the boys."

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Source : "Pieces of me: Donald Sinden", www.theguardian.com. February 4, 2009.

Donald Sinden

#Jobs Quotes #Boys Quotes #Men Quotes

“If you hug someone for seven seconds, it gives you a chemical drop in your brain.”
“I think I run my strongest when I run with joy, with gratitude, with focus, with grace. With that strategy in place I can push myself for pleasure, not punishment. Maybe you can only really go when you let go.”
“Your perception of racing needs to be fine-tuned”
“Sometimes love is a wound that opens and closes, opens and closes, all our lives.”

Source : Claire Vaye Watkins (2012). “Battleborn”, p.28, Granta Books
“...You have to pass an exam, and the jobs that you get are either to shine shoes, or to herd cows, or to tend pigs. Thank God, I don't want any of that! Damn it! And besides that they smack you for a reward; they call you an animal and it's not true, a little kid, etc.. Oh! Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn!”
“Shoes must have very high heels and platforms to put women's beauty on a pedestal.”
“Shame is something you'll find a lot of - particularly Catholic - girls feel about their bodies, about their sexuality, about their diet, about anything you like. Shame is the way you keep them down. That's the way to crush a girl.”
“The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.”

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