in Quotes & Aphorisms (Moods)
I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
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I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.
Tranquility, allied to loneliness, possessed no charms.
Goethe said, "Talent is developed in privacy" you know? And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness, which I don't think most people realize for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They'd all like sort of a chunk of you.
Life begins on the other side of despair.
In fear of being sentimental people often shun sentiment. A sad confusion.
You see these thick curtains shut out the daylight: artificial light suits me a great deal better; it's absolutely steady, and much more exciting.
Sometimes I wish you would look at me the same way you look at her.
Ninety percent of our lives is governed by emotion. Our brains merely register and act upon what is telegraphed to them by our bodily experience. Intellect is to emotion as our clothes are to our bodies; we could not very well have civilized life without clothes, but we would be in a poor way if we had only clothes without bodies.
He best can pity who has felt the woe.
I think he's a bit worried because he lives in the us.