"But all this world is like a tale we hear - Men's evil, and their glory, disappear."

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Source : Abolqasem Ferdowsi (2016). “Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings”, p.30, Penguin

Abolqasem Ferdowsi

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“Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.”
“But magic is like pizza: even when it's bad, it's pretty good.”

Source : Neil Patrick Harris (2014). “Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography”, p.26, Crown Archetype
“I witness the birth on paper of sentences that have eluded my will and appear in spite of me on the sheet, teaching me something that I neither knew nor thought I might want to know. This painless birth, like an unsolicited proof, gives me untold pleasure, and with neither toil nor certainty but the joy of frank astonishment I follw the pen that is guiding and supporting me.”
“I intend to live forever, or die trying.”
“I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen.”
“For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He's not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he's a human being, very flawed, and bridges the divide.”

Source : "'He's not a god - he's human'". Interview with Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2005.
“Pause and remember - If you empty yourself of yesterday's sorrows, you will have much more room for today's joy.”
“I felt like I had to prove myself, but I feel that you have to do that anyway, as an actor. You're there to do a job, and that's your primary concern.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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