"... Nine-year-old boys usually turn ten at some point. It's the nineteen-year-olds who have difficulty turning twenty."

-- John Boyne

#Boys Quotes #Years Quotes #Immaturity Quotes

“There is nothing like tasting the grit of fear for rediscovering that the umbilical cord is made of piano wire.”

Source : moss hart (1959). “act one”
“Not only do I disbelieve in the need for compensation, but I believe that the seeking for rewards and punishments out of this lifeleads men to a ruinous ignorance of the fact that their inevitable rewards and punishments are here.”
“By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.”
“And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the audience will care about, even if you're playing a murderer or rapist.”
“Greatness in art is always a by-product.”

Source : Harold Rosenberg (1983). “Art on the Edge: Creators and Situations”, p.231, University of Chicago Press
“Putin is somebody who really respects strength.”
“Never, under any circumstances, accept a position of responsibility. You will be forced to work harder with no other benefits than a few extra bucks - 'peanuts,' as they say, if that.”
“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.”

Source : Letter to John Adams, 31 Mar. 1776 See Defoe 2

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