"Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment."

-- Nelson Mandela

#Perseverance Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Tests Quotes

“We like to think there is this core of human nature â€“ that good people can't do bad things, and that good people will dominate over bad situations. Infact, when we look at the Stanford prison studies, that we put good people in an evil place, and we saw who won. Well, the sad message in this, is in this case is the evil place won over the good people.”
“When it comes to acting, people talk about the suspension of disbelief that you ask of the audience. Before that starts, you have to, as an actor, suspend your own disbelief.”
“The reason why we see that people of the greatest capacity are not rich, is either they despise wealth in comparison to something else, or, they are not content in getting an estate, unless they may do it in their own way, while at the same time enjoying all the pleasures and gratitude's of life.”
“Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops.”
“But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape.”

Source : Henry Morton Stanley (2002). “How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa”, p.10, Courier Corporation
“Everything comes to an end, only objects are left to pine in the dark.”
“I think everybody has a point where they're not going to cross that line. There were a couple of things with Comedy Central that we had to fight for. They were pretty cool about everything. I don't think there was anything we really fought for that didn't happen.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When you're playing a real person there's a balance between playing the person in the script and playing the person as he was in life. You have to be respectful and true to who that person was, but at the same time tell the story in the film.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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