"We're all flawed, and we all make mistakes, and we all have weaknesses. And those are the kind of people I want to see onscreen, the ones that feel like real flesh-and-blood human beings and not the weird, whitewashed, Hollywood stand-ins for people with the rough edges sanded off that I can't connect to because they just don't resonate with me."

-- Lynn Shelton

#Real Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Blood Quotes

“You are pure-hearted and lovely, and you have never done a moment's wrong. But you are a living creature, born to make a real life, however it cracks your heart.”

Source : Margo Lanagan (2009). “Tender Morsels”, p.400, Random House
“People need stories...we use stories to teach, to learn, to make sense of the world around us. As long as we need stories, we will need books.”

Source : Jennifer Chiaverini (2013). “An Elm Creek Quilts Companion: New Fiction, Traditions, Quilts, and Favorite Moments from the Beloved Series”, p.12, Penguin
“Kneecaps only exist to get hit with claw-hammers; grace only exists to be fallen from.”
“Mr. President, prime ministers, let us have ambitions: ambitions to move beyond the violence and occupation, to the day when two states, Palestine and Israel, can live together side by side in peace and security.”
“The docks were said to be quite tough, but there were pubs you didn't go into if you were a respectable... but um, I never felt a sense of danger in Liverpool.”
“We need our president to be successful because our futures are all tied to the success of America, which means America's government, which means, in essence, the president.”
“Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.”
“That's what cricket's all about: two batsmen pitting their wits against one another”

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