#ear

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness. ↗

— Al Pacino

#cope #first #having #i #i have learned

Shakespeare's plays are more violent than 'Scarface.' ↗

— Al Pacino

#plays #shakespeare #than #violent

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear. ↗

— Al Pacino

#about #agreeing #always #being #being famous

You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers. ↗

— Al Pacino

#actor #age #away #boiling #fade

I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet. ↗

— Niccolo Paganini

#come #crawling #feet #handsome #hear

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good. ↗

— Ovid

#bear #day #endure #good #one day

Bear patiently with a rival. ↗

— Ovid

#bear #patiently #rival

Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. ↗

— Ovid

#call #confess #heart #i #misfortune

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#christian #churches #enslave #human #human inventions

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#being #gives #habit #long #right