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It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#books #cliche #come #different #diverse

And be aware that people fall under one of two categories: they are either your brother and sister in faith, or they are your counterpart in humanity. ↗

— Imam Ali bin abi Taleb

#humanity #relations-and-love #faith

I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap them and wake them up. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#always #art #audience #feel #general

I have no enemies. I dont permit such a thing. ↗

— Cormac McCarthy

#men

Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ↗

— Jean Genet

#handsome #jean-genet #thief #men

God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#forgiveness #god #into #kisses #like

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent. ↗

— William Cobbett

#men #much #oftener #perseverance #talent

I don't like to over-intellectualize scenes that are working. I tend to think when you do that you may lose it. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#like #lose #may #scenes #tend

If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out... Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier. ↗

— Randy Pausch

#complaining #energy #whining #attitude

Edward finds Elinor crying for her dead father, offers her his handkerchief and their love story commences. Ang [Lee] very anxious that we think about what we want to do. I'm very anxious not to do anything and certainly not to think about it. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#directors #filming #love-scenes #movies #love