"Donâ€™t use your conscious past. Use your creative imagination to create a past that belongs to your character. I donâ€™t want you to be stuck with your own life. Itâ€™s too little."

-- Stella Adler

#Character Quotes #Past Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“From about ninth grade on, I knew I was a writer at heart. I had fantasies of being a great novelist, but I thought that seemed like an iffy way to try to make a living. So I tried journalism while in college, and really liked it. But even in journalism, I've always pursued ways to be somewhat literary, whether writing a column or writing books.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world (the world of fixed traits)Â success is about proving youâ€™re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other (the world of changing qualities)Â itâ€™s about stretching yourself to learn something new. Developing yourself.”

Source : Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.15, Random House
“Claude rubs the back of his neck and wrinkles his nose, about to tell me he was never sad. I believe this is called bravado and is not limited to lawyers, or even men, although that combination makes it almost unavoidable.”
“We find the instinct to shut out competition deep-rooted even among banks and corporations, among corner grocers and haberdasheries, among peanut vendors and shoeshine boys-and even among young ladies in search of a husband.”
“With love, even the rocks will open.”
“In prayer one must hold fast and never let go, because the one who gives up loses all. If it seems that no one is listening to you, then cry out even louder. If you are driven out of one door, go back in by the other.”
“I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track.”

Source : Buffalo Bill (1879). “The Life of Hon. William F. Cody, Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout, and Guide: An Autobiography”, p.172, U of Nebraska Press
“I am just old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair.”

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