"I hadn't the personality to be a long-term Success."

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Source : Cornelia Stratton Parker (1934). “Wanderer's Circle”

Cornelia Parker

#Long Quotes #Personality Quotes #Term Quotes

“At any one time there is a natural tendency among physicists to believe that we already know the essential ingredients of a comprehensive theory . But each time a new frontier of observation is broached we inevitably discover new phenomena which force us to modify substantially our previous conceptions. I believe this process to be unending, that the delights and challenges of unexpected discovery will continue always.”
“At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.”
“Feeling sad about anything is holding onto it. Say, 'This is something I have to let go of,' and immediately you will feel better.”
“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.”
“Horror is a totally different animal. It's intense. You can do drama or comedies, but in horror, you really have to trick yourself into believing a lot of unbelievable phenomena.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If you have too good a time writing hostile reviews, you'll injure not only your sensibility but your soul.”

Source : David Lehman (2015). “The State of the Art: A Chronicle of American Poetry, 1988-2014”, p.162, University of Pittsburgh Press
“One wonders what would happen in a society in which there were no rules to break. Doubtless everyone would quickly die of boredom.”

Source : FaceBook post by Susan Howatch from Dec 23, 2014
“One of my great secrets was knowing I had the power to make her smile.”

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