"Love is a general emotion. Marriage is exactingly specific."

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Source : Jane Smiley (2011). “Moo”, p.218, Anchor

Jane Smiley

#Love Is Quotes #Emotion Quotes

“Basically, I'm just a guitar player that figured out I wasn't ever gonna be able to buy dinner with my guitar playing so I got into songwriting, which is a little more profitable business.”

Source : "JJ Cale, songwriter behind Cocaine and After Midnight, dies aged 74" by Matt Williams, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2013.
“Run as much miles as I did and you'll learn the secret of running, but I can't guarantee you'll win in Olympics.”
“It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.”
“Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.”
“You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.”
“We are at this moment where what concerns me is that we're all so caught up in Donald Trump, James Comey, and David Kushner, and Mike Flynn, that it's in danger of overwhelming the real story, which is what the Russians did and tried to do. I contend that it was the most serious attack on our country since September 11, 2001. It was deliberate, it was sophisticated, it was conscious, and it was in some ways successful.”

Source : "This Voice of Reason Rises From the Swamp". Interview With Albert R. Hunt, www.bloomberg.com. June 18, 2017.
“Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the distance - often visible to us, but invisible to those around us.”
“At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere, backstage, you will meet an older actor, someone who has been around awhile. He will tell you tales and anecdotes, about life in the theatre. He will speak to you about your performance and the performances of others, and he will generalize to you, based on his experience and his intuitions, about the laws of the stage. Ignore this man!'”

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