"In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact."

-- Ernest Renan

#World Quotes #Littles Quotes #Facts Quotes

“You know you're a success when people tell you, â€œI like me best when I'm with you.â€”

Source : “Joe Biden: What I've Learned” by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 14, 2011.
“Nothing can relieve the pain. Not crying, laughing, screaming, begging. Nothing can change the past.”

Source : Tabitha Suzuma (2010). “Forbidden”, p.410, Random House
“I am love, I am music, she thinks. Letâ€™s dance.”
“The bicycles go by in twos and threes - There's a dance in Billy Brennan's barn to-night, And there's the half-talk code of mysteries And the wink-and-elbow language of delight. Half-past eight and there is not a spot Upon a mile of road, no shadow thrown That might turn out a man or woman, not A footfall tapping secrecies of stone. I have what every poet hates in spite Of all the solemn talk of contemplation. Oh, Alexander Selkirk knew the plight Of being king and government and nation. A road, a mile of kingdom, I am king Of banks and stones and every blooming thing.”

Source : Patrick Kavanagh (2000). “Selected Poems”, Penguin Classics
“When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Neruda's poetry. I don't actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I don't know why, but it calms me, calms my brain.”
“Lots of men are like that, their artistic leanings never go beyond a weakness for shapely thighs.”
“The voice over is a hat you put on right now as opposed to worrying about going through wardrobe, and having to look a certain way. You just got to let your voice do the talking for you.”
“As long as artists can make something, artists will continue to survive.”

Source : "Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are not a couple - so stop asking". Interview with Chris O'Connell, www.avclub.com. March 24, 2010.

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