"Nobody can make a monkey out of anyone who isn't a monkey to start with."

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Source : Esther Forbes (1998). “Johnny Tremain”, p.178, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Esther Forbes

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“When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.”
“It doesn't matter if you're the smartest person in the room: If you're not someone who people want to be around, you won't get far. Likewise for helping those in line behind you. I take seriously my role as a mentor to young female filmmakers - I make sure my time is tithed.”
“I'm just beginning to develop callouses on my fingers, because I haven't played a lot.”
“I think continuity is a good thing. But change is sometimes good, too.”

Source : Source: beachcarolina.com
“Everything that I play as an actress is a different aspect of me.”

Source : "Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen and Joel Schumacher Interviewed - 'The Number 23'". Press conference, collider.com. February 21, 2007.
“Comedy has to be so much cleaner than drama. You can't layer it in the way you can a dramatic performance. Which is why it's more difficult than drama - you don't have so many tricks.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Suddenly it all seemed luminously clear. Love had very little to do with fear and emotional sabotage; love had to do with trust.”

Source : Francesca Marciano (2010). “Rules Of The Wild”, p.92, Random House
“When your situation has gone beyond the power of nature, it has become a curse. Who can remove a curse but Jesus Christ?”

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