#real

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately as I knew my own image in a mirror. In other words, I knew him only in relation to myself. ↗

— Angela Carter

#i #image #in other words #intimately #knew

At my age, I realize that my most precious possession is time, and I've got too much unfinished work to do to spend even a minute talking about myself. ↗

— Benny Carter

#age #even #finished work #got #i

I feel like a lot of people think of Hollywood as being fake, but it's only perceived that way because it takes 10 people to make someone look the way that they do. In reality, they're there because they are doing what they're passionate about. ↗

— Vanessa Hudgens

#because #being #doing #fake #feel

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done. ↗

— James Fenton

#done #fine #fine thing #forgery #generous

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#being #cease #death #delightful #drowning

Well I tried to, but I could never write anything that I liked or was worthwhile. I threw it all out and realized that I had to make a serious study- that my tastes were far more advanced than my abilities. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#anything #could #far #had #i

It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#bit #change #definitely #grow #grow up

There was a scary two years where it was madness because I was really in trouble with the taxman. ↗

— Tom Felton

#i #madness #really #scary #trouble

Nobody has ever denied that when it comes to his trade - gigolo - John Forbes Kerry is one of the all-time greats. He's in the Gigolo Hall of Fame. See, a really good gigolo might snag one heiress in a lifetime with a nine-figure trust fund. Kerry has married two. When it comes to gigolos, he's Steve Jobs. ↗

— Howie Carr

#comes #denied #ever #fame #forbes

Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people who've got an incredible talent was just a great experience. ↗

— Tom Felton

#experience #got #great #incredible #just