"But it is imperative, for our own survival, that we avoiid one another, and what more successful means of avoidance are there than words? Language will keep us safe from human onslaught, will express for us our regret at being unable to supply groceries or love or peace."

-- Janet Frame

#Regret Quotes #Mean Quotes #Successful Quotes

“And who are you, the proud Lord said that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know. In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws. And, mine are as long and sharp, my Lord as long and sharp as yours. And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that Lord of Castamere, but now the rains weep o'er his hall, with no one there to hear. Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall, and not a soul to hear.”
“Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.”
“I rarely use the Internet for research, as I find the process cumbersome and detestable. The information gained is often untrustworthy and couched in execrable prose. It is unpleasant to sit in front of a twitching screen suffering assault by virus, power outage, sluggish searches, system crashes, the lack of direct human discourse, all in an atmosphere of scam and hustle.”

Source : "Close Range: Wyoming Stories". Book by Annie Proulx, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 1999.
“It's those changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same. With all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.”

Source : Song: Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes, 1977
“I've never been that person to fake it, and say what everyone else wants you to say. Then you never have anything personal. If I wanted to be an actress all the time, I could do that. But I don't. I want to be real. I want to be a real person. That's what an artist is. An artist has to be honest. Without honesty, there's nothing.”
“Not having any real direction, one writer would lead me to another.”
“An actor should never be larger than the film he's in.”
“A well-thought-out story doesnâ€™t need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story.”

Source : "My First Fee". Story by Isaac Babel, 1922 - 1928.

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