"Great talents, by the rust of long disuse, Grow lethargic and shrink from what they were."

-- Ovid

#Long Quotes #Rust Quotes #Talent Quotes

“Study is a life long pursuit.”
“Boxing Helena was something that I think was pretty cool, but people judged it without even having seen it. It's not perfect, but I think for the story that we were trying to tell, it turned out pretty good. What it signified was really powerful to me: how society puts us in boxes one way or another.”

Source : "Fenn & Now" by Dennis Hensley. Movieline (USA), p. 54-59, June 1999.
“Early on my career, I figured out that I just have to write the book I have to write at that moment. Whatever else is going on in the culture is just not that important. If you could get the culture to write your book, that would be great. But the culture can't write your book.”
“May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding.”
“Motherhood changes everything.”

Source : Interview with Margo Hammond, Ellen Heltzel, www.goodhousekeeping.com. August 1, 2005.
“To be shame-bound means that whenever you feel any feeling, need or drive, you immediately feel ashamed. The dynamic core of your human life is grounded in your feelings, needs and drives. When these are bound by shame, you are shamed to the core.”
“One of the things I'd learned ... was how to take a compliment. Just say, "Thank you." It's the only response a confident person can make.”

Source : Neil Strauss (2011). “The Game”, p.310, Canongate Books
“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”

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