"Olivier said that drama is an affair of the heart, or it's nothing, and he was right."

-- Pam Gems

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“And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.”
“An honest money system is the only alternative.”
“As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.”

Source : "New wonder kid on the block" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2009.
“As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have to be bold, so poignant it does not have to be pretty, so true it does not have to be real. Shibumi is understanding, rather than knowledge. Eloquent silence. In demeanor, it is modesty without pudency. In art, where the spirit of shibumi takes the form of sabi, it is elegant simplicity, articulate brevity. In philosophy, where shibumi emerges as wabi, it is spiritual tranquility that is not passive; it is being without the angst of becoming.”

Source : Trevanian (2005). “Shibumi: A Novel”, p.77, Broadway Books
“In fact, other people create for lack of power. I, on the other hand, do not need a work: I live.”
“If we know that we are now at the point where we have always wanted to be, we will be there. . . because we are never there but always here, now!”
“Power is confidence. The confidence to deliver your answer when you're in a board meeting is what will allow you to move up faster. The confidence to be yourself in front of people creates a separation.”
“I consider a good dinner party at our house to be where people drink and eat more than they're meant to.”

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