"One could even argue that we have a duty to create and pass on stories about choice because once a person knows such stories, they can't be taken away from him. He may lose his possessions, his home, his loved ones, but if he holds on to a story about choice, he retains the ability to practice choice."

-- Sheena Iyengar

#Taken Quotes #Home Quotes #Practice Quotes

“It hurts being the one who loves more”
“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.”
“If you come upon a person who is drowning, would you ask if they need help—or would it be better to just jump in and save them from the deepening waters? The offer, while well meaning and often given, ‘Let me know if I can help’ is really no help at all.”
“In every character you play, as much as you hate to admit it as an actor, but there's an element of you that you bring to it.”

Source : "HitFix Interview: Janet Montgomery talks ‘Human Target,’ ‘Black Swan’ and more". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. November 16, 2010.
“I think I can be closed in. I can close this outer shell, cut myself off and be quite cold. I can cut other people off if I need to. I don't think I'm angry, though... Maybe my wife would disagree.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“All of 'em, any of 'em that have been in front of me over all these years.”
“But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays Upon this Checker-board of Nights and Days; Hither and thither moves, and checks, and slays, And one by one back in the Closet lays.”
“I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.”

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