"The most practical thing in the world is common sense and common humanity."

-- Nancy Astor

#Common Sense Quotes #Humanity Quotes #World Quotes

“I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.”
“I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?"”
“All currency is neurotic currency.”

Source : Norman O. Brown (2012). “Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History”, p.271, Wesleyan University Press
“I've been traveling all over the world for 25 years, performing, talking to people, studying their cultures and musical instruments, and I always come away with more questions in my head than can be answered.”
“I get really sad when people say, 'I'm no good. I haven't been cast in a pilot.' It doesn't mean you're not good; it just means someone hasn't seen you yet. It doesn't mean that in real life you're not the greatest actor.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Some right-wingers, especially those who think of the entire Islamic religion as a totalitarian death cult, would likewise get a crash-course in reality if they ever bothered to hang out in Iraq and meet actual Muslims.”
“Nobody could paint eyes like El Greco and nobody can paint eyes like Walter Keane.”

Source : "The Man Who Paints Those Big Eyes: The Phenomenal Success of Walter Keane" by Jane Howard, Life Magazine ' 59, no. 9, p. 39, August 27, 1965.
“TheÂ whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise the process youâ€™re an ***** when you start out and an ***** when you get back.”

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