"People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say thats completely opposite of the truth."

-- Ann Druyan

#Giving Up Quotes #Passion Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The bottom line is that I'm an actor, so when somebody pitches me a great part, it's a no-brainer. You never know what it's gonna be like, in terms of the actual experience. You can be really excited about a part that can turn out shitty, you can have a bad time, there's a bad egg or two or three, in the bunch, or the producers are weird, or something like that.”

Source : "Kathy Bates Talks AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN, Working with other Talented Women, Her Cruel Character, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 4, 2014.
“Don't try to lawyer me out of common sense.”
“I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums.”
“As a kid I learned notions of art and notions of not having any money.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. Instant information is not for me. I prefer to search library stacks because when I work to learn something, I remember it.Â And, Oprah, can you imagine curling up in bed to read a computer? Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring you up â€” some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal.”
“Truth is a great flirt.”

Source : Franz Liszt (1979). “The Letters of Franz Liszt to Olga Von Meyendorff, 1871-1886, in the Mildred Bliss Collection at Dumbarton Oaks”, p.427, Dumbarton Oaks
“UNFAIR :; Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage.”
“Any fine morning, a power saw can fell a tree that took a thousand years to grow.”

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