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had never met anyone like her before and, talking to her, I realised I had always seen actresses in my mind’s eye as something from a race apart—women who figured in divorce cases and sensational headlines; self-absorbed, emasculating
what an asshole
“Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.”
― Burnt Offerings
― Burnt Offerings
“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.”
― Blood Wedding and Yerma
― Blood Wedding and Yerma
“For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Without a stable conception of the object of life, man would not consent to go on living, and would rather destroy himself than remain on earth, though he had bread in abundance.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be.”
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“There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
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