quotes about Files

“I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything, to be in 'show business.”

“I hardly ever work from a synopsis -- I find they act like chains.”

“But that is another story and shall be told another time.”

“At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction - it fascinated rather than repelled.”

“As a diabetic, I'm a walking picnic. I have to eat measured amounts of food at certain times.”

“In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1827). “Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait”, p.150

“I was a good student, I was good at soccer, I was vice president of the student council, I was a pretty girl.”

“American culture at large has failed working mothers.”

Source : Emily Matchar (2015). “Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

“Are you high? Why are you never wearing a shirt?" "I sleep naked," Cole said. He put both milk and sugar in my coffee. "As the day goes on, I put on more and more clothing. You should've come over an hour ago.”

“Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.”

Source : Judith Guest (1982). “Ordinary People”, p.227, Penguin