"Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying shadow will return no more."

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Maurice Maeterlinck

#Grieving Quotes #Voice Quotes #Leader Quotes

“Avatar is a watershed movie. We'll always refer to Lawrence of Arabia in the same way. We'll always look at Avatar and say, "That's about as good as it gets." It's an enormous advance, in every way, shape and form, of movie making.”
“I feel that there is nothing that can happen to a person that is banal. Everything that happens to us is interesting.”
“None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.”

Source : Benjamin Whichcote, Anthony Tuckney (1753). “Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney”, p.155
“I seldom feel comfortable in a theatre. I always feel like I own a cinema. I feel equally happy in an empty one as a full one. Probably happier in an empty one!”
“My show business career doesn't mean I can't write a symphony. It just means I was never asked to write one.”
“I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.”
“Truth may be unattainable, but honesty is not.”
“This is a basic requirement the meaning of globalization is that we should admit that the economy of each country is dependent on the economy of all the others.”

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