"Listening is not merely not talking...it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told to us."

--

Andrew Miller

#Mean Quotes #Loss Quotes #Talking Quotes

“It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]”

Source : "Armide". 1686.
“Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.”

Source : Marianne Moore, Patricia C. Willis (1986). “The complete prose of Marianne Moore”, Viking Pr
“Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number- Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you Ye are many-they are few.”
“My father showed me so much love. He showed my brother so much love.”
“My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Well, if youâ€™re a native Chicagoan, you know how dumb he [Dr. Robert Hartley] is. He gets on the Ravenswood El, he goes past his stop on Sheridan Road, he gets off in Evanston, where the El is on the ground, and then he walks back 55 blocks to his apartment. Now, would you want to have that man as a psychologist? A man who misses his stop every day?”
“apathy is about as near to the undertaker as you can get.”

Source : Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”
“If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.”

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