"Flowers are happy things."

--

P. G. Wodehouse

“I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“There are forces in nature called Love and Hate. The force of Love causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built up into some particular form or person, and the force of Hate causes the decomposition of things.”
“War is just what we do. Yet, of course, the effects of it are repeatedly deeper, then deeper, then deeper.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in shaping British democracy than most constitutional lawyers, political commentators, historians or statesmen have ever cared to admit. Direct action in a democratic society is fundamentally an educational exercise.”
“When you're sure of what you're looking at, look harder.”

Source : Richard Powers (2010). “Generosity”, p.8, Atlantic Books Ltd
“Some people simply use their faith as a lexicon of behavioral reasoning; without that they would be forced to face their own moral and ethical failings honestly according to a secular code of right and wrong.”

Source : Deborah Feldman (2014). “Exodus: A Memoir”, p.75, Penguin
“Suddenly this camera, this thing, allowed me to move around the world in a certain kind of way, with a certain kind of purpose. (On receiving a camera for her twenty-first birthday)”
“I'm an actor that likes to go to work. I like going to work every day. I'm a worker by nature. I'm not someone who does one film a year and feels satisfied by that.”

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