#except

Kelly Preston is a remarkable human being and a great dramatic actress. It was a privilege as a director to tap into this part of her. Rarely do I make a kind of spiritual connection with my cast. Kelly was a wonderful exception. She is truly very special and I adore her. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#adore #being #cast #connection #director

Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don't want to admit; the loss of the empire of the United States; and American exceptionalism. In fact, American exceptionalism is that we are exceptionally backward in about fifteen different categories, from education to infrastructure. ↗

— James Hillman

#admit #afraid #already #american #backward

A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend. ↗

— Paris Hilton

#boyfriend #except #girl #heiress #mean

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. ↗

— John Andrew Holmes

#entire #entire universe #exception #others #remember

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#exceptions #knows #man #old #old man

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#event #ever #every #except #him

In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere. ↗

— William Dean Howells

#direct #europe #european #except #life

There is no failure except in no longer trying. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#failure #longer #trying

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#doubt #everything #except #herself #say

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#enormous #except #gentle #haitian #haitian people