"I was in New York, miserable because I was working supper clubs but I wasn't expressing myself. I was really unhappy with my life. I saw Max Roach again and he told me I didn't have to do things like that. He made me an honest woman on the stage. I have been performing in that tradition since. I feel that I'm a serious performer now whereas then I wanted to be but I didn't know how."

-- Abbey Lincoln

#Music Quotes #New York Quotes #Unhappy Quotes

“Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.”
“Deep down, she's a good person, Diana is," Caine said, and sighed. "Deep down, I'm not. But she is.”
“You understand that the piggies are animals, and you no more condemn them for murdering Libo and Pipo than you condemn a cabra for shewing up capim." That's right," said Miro. Ender smiled. "And that's why you'll never learn anything from them. Because you think of them as animals.”
“On the first feature, everything's new. No matter what you're doing, it's a new experience, and you don't really have control over it, in a way, because you just don't know how things work.”

Source : "Ben Affleck, Screenwriter Chris Terrio and Producer Grant Heslov Talk ARGO, George Clooney’s Input on the Production, Challenging Scenes and Oscar Buzz". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 8, 2012.
“I think so much depends on how you are feeling mentally and emotionally. I try to keep my head on tight, and try to feel good, and just go out there and not be afraid.”
“It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.”
“People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.”
“See Christians, Jews, one heavy sabbath keep, And all the western world believe and sleep.”

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