"A dull speaker, like a plain woman, is credited with all the virtues, for we charitably suppose that a surface so unattractive must be compensated by interior blessings."

-- A. P. Herbert

#Blessing Quotes #Unattractive Quotes #Dull Quotes

“Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.”
“I understand that suffering, when it cannot be avoided, is here to help me on my way to my dreams”
“Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work.”
“Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.”

Source : "Malin Akerman Exclusive Interview HAPPYTHANKYOUMOREPLEASE". Press day, collider.com. March 2, 2011.
“Letâ€™s teach our children from a very young age about the story of the universe and its incredible richness and beauty. It is already so much more glorious and awesome â€“ and even comforting â€“ than anything offered by any scripture or God concept I know.”
“I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider.”
“'Salaam Bombay' didn't put a halo on the poor. Instead, it said that they will teach us how to live.”

Source : "A Minute With: Mira Nair on Salaam Bombay". Interview with Shilpa Jamkhandikar, www.reuters.com. March 22, 2013.
“Democracy, or "majority rules," is another trick of our society to force us to do things we don't want to do. Even if we actually lived in a pure democracy (and the system we do live in is not even close), where everyone got a single vote on every subject, forcing the minority to obey the majority is no different to one man, if he had the power, forcing everyone else to do what he wanted them to-simply because he could.”

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