#fad

Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress. ↗

— Olivia De Havilland

#actually #always #bad #bad girls #because

Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat. ↗

— Julian Huxley

#cat #cosmic #fading #god #last

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power. ↗

— Douglas Hyde

#centuries #culture #dies #educational #fade

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible. ↗

— Washington Irving

#become #charm #distance #fades #fairy

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect. ↗

— Roy Jenkins

#deep #democratic #democratic party #fade #intellectual

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#fads #great #great things #opinion #popular

The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#enjoyment #fade #habit #lasts #only

The whole format of entertainment that I did seems to be fading away. The music business of today is completely different when you see the videos and the music. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#business #completely #did #different #entertainment

Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that's a real treat. ↗

— Joanne Woodward

#ah #beauty #day #every #every day

In the 21st century, white America got a wake-up call after 9/11/01. White America and the western world came to realize that people of color had not gone away, faded into the woodwork or just 'disappeared' as the Great White West kept on its merry way of ignoring black concerns. ↗

— Jeremiah Wright

#after #america #away #black #call