“Youre supposed to remember, and still forgive.”
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Thoughtful Quotes — page 119 of 303
“The quality of one's life depends on the quality of attention.”
“I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together.”
“We have nothing now between us, save - respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies.”
“That got me a look so intense I was unable to interpret it - like the way cats sometimes fix on you. What they mean by the look is completely beyond understanding; but it's meant for you, you alone.”
“The boldness of his mind was sheathed in a scabbard of politeness.”
“It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.”
“I don't really think of myself as an actor.”
“I don't really give much thought to the roles that I'd ideally love to play.”
“This poem has been called obscure. I refuse to believe that it is obscurer than pity, violence, or suffering. But being a poem, not a lifetime, it is more compressed.”
“Memory should be the starting point of the present.”
“Upon the highest ridge of that round hill covered with planted oaks, the shafts of the trees show in the light like the columns of a ruin.”
“A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important.”
“A part of me still says, 'Maybe, Denzel, you're supposed to preach. Maybe you're still compromising.' I've had an opportunity to play great men and, through their words, to preach. I take what talent I've been given seriously, and I want to use it for good.”
“Examine other points of view as if they were your own.”
“I'M INTROSPECTIVE, because sometimes I want to take "our" side without looking at the facts in situations like these. Sometimes I feel like it's us against them. Sometimes I'm just as prejudiced as people I point fingers at. And that's not right. How can I look at white skin and make assumptions but not want assumptions made about me? That's not right.”
“The longer I operated on Wall Street the more distrustful I became of tips and inside information of every kind. Given time, I believe that inside information can break the Bank of England”
“I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.”
“When you're reading some of the great plays, when you do what I call "taking up with a writer," something happens.”
“I read a lot. I spend of lot time thinking. It actually looks like I'm doing nothing, but... hanging out with clever and interesting people is a must if you're writing comedy, like hanging out with a good bass player when you're a drummer.”