#sin

I kind of realized I could sing, so I played around with that for a while. And that led me to acting in itself, which I came more passionate about by the age of 15. ↗

— Toni Collette

#acting #age #around #came #could

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#advertising #brokerage #business #cannot #constructive

His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#few #first #great #his #hours

I've never chased fame. I came into this business to be a theatre actress. I was nine when I first appeared on stage. But I can't say I would turn my back on fortune. I'm someone who enjoys the benefits of money. ↗

— Joan Collins

#appeared #back #benefits #business #came

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#bitterest #closet #courage #dare #enemy

I always sang when I was little and my father, who was a great influence on me, also had a wonderful voice. He and my mother really encouraged me to sing and play the piano. They were always very supportive. ↗

— Judy Collins

#always #encouraged #father #great #had

Boxing is just show business with blood. ↗

— Bruno Frank

#boxing #business #just #show #show business

Words began to appear in English and to make some kind of equivalent. For what satisfaction it is hard to say, except that something seems unusually piercing, living, handsome, in another language, and since English is yours, you wish it to be there too. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#appear #began #english #equivalent #except

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future. ↗

— Zelda Fitzgerald

#adequate #by the time #cast #choosing #determined

Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund. But this once temporary tax remains and costs American taxpayers, our small businesses and families almost $6 billion dollars a year. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#american #american taxpayers #billion #businesses #collected