"Good and bad are really arbitrary words when it comes to character."

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Source : "To Hell and Back with Anson Mount". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 9, 2012.

Anson Mount

#Character Quotes #Arbitrary Quotes #Good And Bad Quotes

“...When I asked [my dad why the sky was blue] he said it was because God's a boy. If God were a girl, the sky would be pink. 'What about sunrise and sunset?' I'd asked. Dad had looked dumbfounded. 'You kids. You think too much.' It frightened me how shallow the gene pool was that Liam and I were wading in.”
“Paste Magazine needs to stay in business! It's the first non-sensational quality music and film publication that doesn't only attempt to appeal to middle-aged male Bob Dylan completionists! And there are still many of us who love to pick up a print magazine instead of going online.”
“Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on my own enterprise stories, which were not as deadline sensitive.”
“The most tender place in my heart is for strangers. I know it's unkind, but my own blood is much too dangerous.”

Source : Song: Hold On, Hold On, Album: Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, 2006
“Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise.”

Source : The Observer, London, December 28, 1986.
“Some who support [more] coercive strategies assume that children will run wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is true typically turn out to be those accustomed to being controlledâ€” those who are not trusted, given explanations, encouraged to think for themselves, helped to develop and internalize good values, and so on. Control breeds the need for more control, which is used to justify the use of control.”
“Magic is the cheat codes for the world.”
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”

Source : Nineteen Eighty-Four pt. 1, ch. 3 (1949) See Orwell 19

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