"Moment by moment, with a twitch, a shudder, a look, it's Mr. Hardy who movingly draws you in, turning a stranger's face into a life."

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Source : "No Time for Audiobooks: He’s on the Road to His Destiny" by Manohla Dargis, www.nytimes.com. April 24, 2014.

Manohla Dargis

#Looks Quotes #Faces Quotes #Stranger Quotes

“When nothing makes sense and the world seems upside down, listen to your heart, it will never lie about your true feelings.”
“I have a serious investment problem. I have no money.”

Source : Melvin Helitzer (1992). “Comedy Writing Secrets”, Writers Digest Books
“Being able to play a role where you're there almost every day and you're just in it... I remember it was a whirlwind, but it was a lot of fun.”
“One criticizes in others what one recognizes and despises in oneself. For example, an artist who is revolted by anotherâ€™s ambitiousness.”
“The most important eugenic policy at this time is to see that birth control is made equally available to all individuals in every class of society”
“Do not be afraid of enthusiasm. You need it. You can do nothing effectively without it.”
“When the road looks rough ahead, remember the 'Man upstairs' and the word HOPE. Hang onto both and 'tough it out'.”
“Of them all, it was the true love. Of them all, it was the best. That other sumptuous love which made one drunk, which one longed for, envied, believed in, that was not life. It was what life was seeking; it was a suspension of life. But to be close to a child, for whom one spent everything, whose life was protected and nourished by one's own, to have that child beside one, at peace, was the real, the deepest, the only joy.”

Source : James Salter (2011). “Light Years”, p.300, Vintage

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