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The story I wanted to tell was what it was like to be a young actress in the mid-nineteenth century – you were not respectable even if your behaviour was spotless – and how Dickens and Ternan were perfectly matched: he a middle-aged man
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“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
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“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
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