"In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail."

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Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden

Gene Tierney

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“And let me die suddenly, to be born again in the revelation of beauty....And the revelation of beauty is the wisdom of the ancestors.”
“Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary, sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at a time is slowly assimilated. Continual intellectual study results in vanity and the false satisfaction of an undigested knowledge.”

Source : "Autobiography of a Yogi". Book by Yukteswar Giri, 1946.
“I just want to do everything. As broad as that seems, it's kind of the plan. There are so many different genres out there to do, so many different characters to play, so many different amazing actors and directors to work with. I'm just following my gut, and if it's speaking to me, then I'm doing it.”
“I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.”
“Let all the 'free-will' in the world do all it can with all its strength; it will never give rise to a single instance of ability to avoid being hardened if God does not give the Spirit, or of meriting mercy if it is left to its own strength.”
“A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.”
“Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. I'm attracted to things rather than labels.”

Source : "The close-up". Interview with Imogen Fox, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2007.
“everybody fancies they have that rare thing, a sense of humour.”

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