"Why is it I feel a new nostalgia for the era of the guillotine?"

-- Dennis Cooper

#Eras Quotes #Nostalgia Quotes #Guillotine Quotes

“The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.”
“There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.”
“It's hard to be the one always waiting. I mean, there's something to be said for the hero who charges off to battle, but when you get right down to it there's a whole story in who's left behind.”
“Girls playing sports is not about winning gold medals. It's about self-esteem, learning to compete and learning how hard you have to work in order to achieve your goals.”
“I beseech you now with all my heart definitely to let me know your whole mind as to the love between us...”
“Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your Father had an accident there; he was put in a pie by Mrs. McGregor.”

Source : The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)
“I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.”
“The purpose and effect of [land titles] have been to maintain, in the hands of robber, or slave holding class, a monopoly of all lands, and, as far as possible, of all other means of creating wealth; and thus to keep the great body of labourers in such a state of poverty and dependence, as would compel them to sell their labour to their tyrants for the lowest prices at which life could be sustained”

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