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“The happiest end of life is this: when the mind and the other senses being unimpaired, the same nature which put it together takes asunder her own work.”
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“Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting, I would say the actress I most admire is Vanessa Redgrave.”
Source : "Ellen Burstyn - part two". Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2000. 
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“[On children:] Being built closer to the floor, they can dust the baseboards in half the time.”
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“There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing. Because when there is a maturity, there is a conclusion and a cessation. That’s the end. That’s when the coffin is closed. You might be deteriorating physically in the long process of aging, but your personal process of daily discovery is ongoing. You continue to learn more and more about yourself every day.”
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“The meanest thing in the world is the devil.”
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“I do not want "Mormonism" to become popular; I would not, if I could, make it as popular as the Roman Catholic Church is in Italy, or as the Church of England is in England, because the wicked and ungodly would crowd into it in their sins.”
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“There is nothing I need so much as nourishment for my Self Esteem”
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“Can a nasty, horrible person still produce good quality, uplifting and inspirational work?”
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“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.”
Source : Samuel Lover (1839). “Rory O'More. Revised”, p.151
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“People will listen when they're ready to listen and not before. Don't waste time with people who want to argue. They'll keep you immobilized forever. Look for people who are already open to something new.”
Source : Daniel Quinn (2009). “Beyond Civilization: Humanity's Next Great Adventure”, p.189, Broadway Books
