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We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is read more
In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. - The Books in My Life.
Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything.
This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything.
Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is read more
Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.
When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build read more
When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build bigger and better dreams.
A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more
It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.
