"In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year."

-- Tea Obreht

#Moving Quotes #Two Quotes #Space Quotes

“I knock people out. As soon as I land my shots on him, you will see the difference between class and hype. He's been built up and he believes the hype, but I will beat reality into him.”
“Plenty of kind, decent, caring people have no religious beliefs, and they act out of the goodness of their hearts. Conversely, plenty of people who profess to be religious, even those who worship regularly, show no particular interest in the world beyond themselves.”

Source : "Faith and Politics". Book by John Danforth, p. 186, September 19, 2006.
“You must remember, my dear lady, the most important rule of any successful illusion: First, the people must want to believe in it.”
“What you have to be, you have to live whatever you do all day long. I always told the artists, every time you're on stage, it's nothing but a dress rehearsal.”
“I've heard some pretty bad things in my life. I'm just one of those people I've gotten to a point where I don't want to be rude, but if it's uninvited attention from people it's like, "Thank you, but no." I'm going to shut you down right away.”
“Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I knew [Jesse Owens'] name, but I really didn't remember what it is he had done, so I felt like I had to get refreshed. So I read the script and I realized like, wow, this is an incredible human being. I told my manager, however I had to do it, let me see the director; I got to play him.”
“I was already beginning to realize that the only way to conduct oneself in a situation where bombs rained down and bullets whizzed past, was to accept the dangers and all the consequences as calmly as possible. Fretting and sweating about it all was not going to help.”

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