"I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films."

-- Ethel Merman

#Film Quotes #Performances Quotes #Persons Quotes

“When we put someone in our jail cell of hatred, we are stuck guarding the door.”
“The struggle I went through has value.”
“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”

Source : Mary Wortley Montagu (2015). “Letters”, p.554, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
“I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.”
“I love travel because you may be uncomfortable, hungry, hot and sweaty, cold and shiveringâ€¦but damn it, you will never be bored.”
“Hawke," he said. "That's the word you need to be saying.”
“I started thinking about what it would be like to raise my family in my hometown. I looked at other teams, but I wasn't going to leave Miami for anywhere except Cleveland. The more time passed, the more it felt right. This is what makes me happy.”
“... many a suicide might be averted if the person contemplating it could find the proper assistance when such a crisis impends.”

Source : Clifford Whittingham Beers (2015). “A Mind That Found Itself”, p.15, Sheba Blake Publishing

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