"A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely."

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Source : Roald Dahl (2007). “James and the Giant Peach”, p.151, Penguin

Roald Dahl

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“To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with dignity. Galileo. Luther. Even somebody who admitted his guilt and resisted the temptation to deny it. Something politicians couldn't do. Honesty, the courage for honesty. With others and yourself.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2008). “Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel”, p.366, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.”
“Of what real value is a title? The power is the only important thing”
“Without freedom of expression, good taste means nothing.”
“Maybe we were all destined to just keep doing the same stupid things, over and over again, never really learning a single thing.”
“Every role is approached in exactly the same way, you have to make it believable and that's all. Acting is really serious, like, pretending really hard.”
“To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.”
“Women are often expected to be more amiable or more pleasing or more submissive than men generally.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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