"Some of us rush through life, and some of us saunter through life. Mrs Vesey sat through life."

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Source : Wilkie Collins (2013). “The Woman in White”, p.33, Courier Corporation

Wilkie Collins

“Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version.”
“There are sixteen cans of coffee here; together they hold a total of thirteen and a half pounds of coffee. Doesn't that seem like cheating?”
“One of the best rules anybody can learn about investing is to do nothing, absolutely nothing, unless there is something to do. Most people â€“ not that Iâ€™m better than most people â€“ always have to be playing; they always have to be doing something. They make a big play and say, â€œBoy, am I smart, I just tripled my money.â€ Then they rush out and have to do something else with that money. They canâ€™t just sit there and wait for something new to develop”
“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.”
“I am one of the few actresses who isn't recognized by the way she looks. I'm recognized by the way I talk”

Source : Twitter post from May 16, 2016
“Getting to be involved with fashion is one of the coolest things I've done.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact. By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion of all the matter in the universe came together to create you and for the tiniest moment in the great span of eternity you have the incomparable privilege to exist.”
“You've got to be a little vicious. You've got to be narcissistic. You've got to be on fire about your career.”

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