"There's a hole in the world Like a great black pit And the vermin of the world Inhabit it ... And it goes by the name of London."

-- Stephen Sondheim

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“I always say leave things at the door. Whether it's at your audition or at your house, leave the problems of the day away. Keep persevering, stick to yourself. Don't do what other people ask, do what you want!”
“But believe me, there's a lot I'd like to say - but I don't think the time is right now.”
“You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.”

Source : "Don't go nuts, Bolt: Daley Thompson says sprint ace must get head in order" by Alex Spink, www.mirror.co.uk. July 13, 2012.
“O, if there be any kind of life most sad, and deepest in the scale of pity, it is the dry, cold impotence of one, who has honestly set to the work of his own self-redemption.”
“Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever afford to think that you're the bee's knees, because you could always afford to be better. You have to always be searching for something better.”
“The one who confidently looks forward to an eternal reward for his efforts in mortality is constantly sustained through his deepest trials. When he is disappointed in love, he does not commit suicide. When loved ones die, he doesnâ€™t despair; when he loses a coveted contest, he doesnâ€™t falter; when war and destruction dissipate his future, he doesnâ€™t sink into a depression. He lives above his world and never loses sight of the goal of his salvation.”
“The whole thing is just ripe to be a very good thing.”
“My wife and I took a sabbatical and we went from Europe to India, where we lived in an ashram for six months and did meditation and yoga vigorously, like from 5:00 in the morning until 10:00 in the night in very austere circumstances. I think then my practice became less superficial, more like the traditional definition of what meditation was: to truly find oneness.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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