Mary Wesley Quotes

Imagination which comes into play in falling in love is different from any other. Certainly in my case, and I've fallen in love all my life, one imagines the person to be as you want them to be. They frequently turn out to be someone different, for better or worse.

Mary Wesley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 24, 1912 - December 30, 2002

Topics

LifeLoveImaginationLove IsBetter

Playing the role of Christ was like being in a prison. It was the hardest part I've ever had to play in my life. I couldn't smoke or drink in public. I couldn't.

Max von Sydow

LifePrisonMy LifeSmokePlayRole

I would say if you're young, if you're a teenager, act in plays, as many plays as you can. It's an amazing way to build your craft and an amazing way to build your presence.

Steve Zissis

AmazingYouYoungSayBuildWay

We're talking about people who've already got 3-4, if not 5-6 years' experience or more, and it's about trying to help professionals develop, using us as a resource for that development.

Siobhan Davies

ExperiencePeopleHelpTalkingMore

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Robert A. Heinlein

PowerReligionLawPoliticalWill

There's something depressing about a young couple helplessly in love. Their state is so perfect, it must be doomed. They project such qualities on their lover that only disappointment can follow.

Roger Ebert

LoveDisappointmentPerfectYoung

We didn't do anything wrong... Some are frustrated that we did it this way.

Rodney Alexander

WrongWayAnythingSomeDid

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

Ronald Knox

StupidDevilBelievingUpModernHe

My dad was the funniest guy I ever knew.

Russell Peters

GuyFunniestKnewEverDad

What we're dealing with is institutional, and unless systems are put into place that will ensure accountability, we can expect racially biased police practices to continue.

Michelle Alexander

PoliceAccountabilityPlaceWill

Sending a book out into the world is a lot like sending your child to the first day of kindergarten. You hope the other kids play nice and that she makes friends.

Mitchell Zuckoff

HopeDayChildWorldBookFriends

Occasionally, we would shoot something and think, 'This is it; we are over the line.' But the test audiences didn't have a problem with it.

Jay Chandrasekhar

ThinkProblemTestOverLineShoot

Every single stage of reform becomes more difficult because you use political capital.

Jose Angel Gurria

PoliticalYouMoreDifficultStage

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