"Counterfeit charm is worse than none at all."

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Source : Arlene Francis (1960). “That Certain Something; the Magic of Charm”

Arlene Francis

#Charm Quotes #Counterfeit Quotes

“I couldn't believe Sam actually got me a present because i honestly thought the "I love you" was it.”
“There is a period in one's life - perhaps not longer than six months - when one lives in two worlds at once ... It is the time when one has freshly learned to read. The Word, till then a denominating aspect of the Thing, has suddenly become detached from it and is perceived as a glittering entity, transparent and unseizable as a jellyfish, yet able to create an independent world that is both more recondite and more instantaneously convincing than the world one knew before.”
“My general view is that best actor best suited to role should get the job. Obviously when it comes to colour and issues of ethnicity the choice is clear. But I do not believe you have to be transgender or have undergone sex reassignment surgery to be able play a character who has.Acting is acting after all.”
“Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“To the seeker after the new, or the sensational, to those who expect a sinister frisson from modern music, it is my melancholy duty to point out that all the bomb throwing and guillotining has already taken place.”

Source : "Music, Ho!". Book by Constant Lambert , "The Revolutionary Situation", p. 32, 1934.
“When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.”
“We suffer because we have no humility and we do not love our brother. From love of our brother comes the love of God. People do not learn humility, and because of their pride cannot receive the grace of the Holy Spirit, and therefor the whole world suffers.”

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