"You confuse what's important with what's impressive."

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Source : E M Forster (2011). “Maurice”, p.27, Hachette UK

E. M. Forster

#Important Quotes #Impressive Quotes

“My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them nor be indisposed to serve them: nor, in spite of failures which I lament, of errors which I now see and acknowledge, or the present aspect of affairs, do I despair of the future. The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.”

Source : Letter to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Marshall, September 1870.
“It's always been a dream of mine, and a childhood fantasy, to play a great champion. I would much rather haven been an athlete than an actor. This is like some second place consolation prize.”
“I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.”

Source : "From A 'Teenage Paparazzo,' A Lesson About Fame". Interview with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. September 27, 2010.
“Remember, care is a dimension of love, but simply giving care does not mean we are loving.”
“Life isn't a straightforward climb up the ladder. It can take a few slips to really gain perspective.”
“A lot of black people worked with the police as snitches. We used to call them bimpees where I grew up. And, you know, they were afforded special privileges. They may have been paid by the police. But you never knew who was informing on you. We lived either next door to or - two doors away from us was a known informant in Soweto.”
“Lord Grantham: ‘My dear fellow. We all have chapters we would rather keep unpublished.”

Source : Jessica Fellowes (2012). “The World of Downton Abbey Text Only”, p.2, HarperCollins UK
“Film is like football - you join a team, get close to one or two people, then never hear from them again. I don't get emotionally involved. Do one, move on.”

Source : "Vinnie Jones: 'It took me 40 years to see a psychologist'". Interview with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2013.

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