"To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Literature Quotes #Danger Quotes #Committed Quotes

“Hard to believe lightning can strike twice, but it surely did. The moment Caitriona Balfe came on screen, I sat up straight and said, â€˜There she is!â€™ She and Sam Heughan absolutely lit up the screen with fireworks.”

Source : "Ron Moore's 'Outlander' Sets Female Lead" by Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 11, 2013.
“If I hadn't been a designer, I'd have been a painter. I began as a painter and learned the craft of pottery in order to support myself.”
“It's like kids playing house: 'You play the father, I'll play the mother.' You know, you dress up, you play, they pay, you go home. It's a game - acting's a game.”
“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.”
“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”
“Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.”
“No member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who has canned peas, topped beets, hauled hay, shoveled coal, or helped in any way to serve others ever forgets or regrets the experience of helping provide for those in need.”
“Talking about and analyzing sports isn't the same as playing sports.”

Source : "The Fix Live". Live Chat, live.washingtonpost.com. February 12, 2016.

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