"A romantic, I think, picks the rose and is careless with the thorn."

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Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden

Gene Tierney

#Thinking Quotes #Rose Quotes #Careless Quotes

“I can make music, but I can't play it. I read somewhere that Grieg couldn't play his A-minor piano concerts very well, but he could write. My role was to compose things, but not really play it.”
“There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.”
“I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is.”
“For me, Twitter is a public persona. It's UbuWeb or Kenneth Goldsmith (as opposed to Kenny Goldsmith). I don't interact. It's a lousy form for conversation and opinion (what can you really say in 140 characters?), but a wonderful propaganda and sloganeering tool. I use it as a one-way street.”

Source : "What Would Twitter Do?". Interview with Sheila Heti, believermagblog.wordpress.com. August 15, 2014.
“My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.”
“Any Name of God in any language is worthy of respect but the original Name of God in the Semitic language is Allah. This (Semitic) is the language of the celestial entities. It is by this Name that the angels call upon God and it is attached to the Title of every Prophet.”

Source : "The Religion of God". Book by Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, en.wikisource.org. 2000.
“I'm interested in how a person forms her beliefs, how that happens. Beliefs of all kinds make up the animating force in each of us. Without them we would be paralyzed, lifeless - the glove without the hand.”
“Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.”

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