"Reading a novel after reading semiotic theory was like jogging empty-handed after jogging with hand weights. What exquisite guilt she felt, wickedly enjoying narrative! Madeleine felt safe with a nineteenth century novel. There were going to be people in it. Something was going to happen to them in a place resembling the world. Then too there were lots of weddings in Wharton and Austen. There were all kinds of irresistible gloomy men."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

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“I want to become a superstar, but for that, I first have to be a super actorThe word 'superstar' these days is used for anybody who delivers a Friday hit. Amitabh Bachchan and the Khans have worked for many years. They have also given back to society. I am just 14 films and six years old in the industry. I know I'll achieve it in a few years from now and I'm arrogant enough to say that,but now isn't the time.”
“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”

Source : Orison Swett Marden (2015). “He Can Who Thinks He Can, and Other Papers on Success in Life: From the Renowned Author of Inspirational Works like How to Get what You Want, Prosperity and How to Get It, The Miracles of Right Thought, Self-Investment and Masterful Personality”, p.37, e-artnow
“How in the turmoil of life can love stand, Where there is not one heart, and one mouth and one hand.”
“Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.”
“Everyone has a family tree; the Dawsons have one, it's a weeping willow.”
“I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Ours is not a problem of the intellect but of spiritual poverty. That is why we need a Savior.”
“The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.”

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