"Life is short, and time is swift; Roses fade, and shadows shift."

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Source : Ebenezer Elliott, Mark Storey (2008). “Selected Poetry of Ebenezer Elliott”, p.170, Associated University Presse

Ebenezer Elliott

#Life Quotes #Rose Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.”
“The only right reason to be an entrepreneur is to change the world.”
“More than anything else, my mother wanted to be an actress - a famous actress - which in the 1950s was all about being young, sexy, and available. She was all that, and more. She had big blue eyes, alabaster skin, a heart-shaped face, a beautiful figure. She was just a knockout.”

Source : Meredith Baxter (2011). “Untied: A Memoir of Family, Fame, and Floundering”, p.16, Crown Archetype
“All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter”
“Doubt is the thing that'll kill you, the only thing, and it'll kill your friends, too.”

Source : Ron Leshem (2008). “Beaufort”, Random House Digital, Inc.
“There is a quote that my acting teacher Stella Adler wrote in her book [The Art of Acting], which I asked her to sign: "The young actor feels some greatness inside themselves that they want to give back to the world." That resonated with me, but I didn't really understand what she was talking about until much later, in the way you surmised that my struggle to become an actor was from being this kind of introverted young boy”
“Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.”

Source : Diane Ackerman (2011). “The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds”, p.27, Vintage
“I think to love somebody every day for a long period of time is the most romantic thing you can do.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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