James M. Barrie Quotes

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

James M. Barrie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 9, 1860 - June 19, 1937

Topics

LifeManStoryDiaryWriteMeans

We need punk now; we need it more than ever. We need rebellion by youth.

John Cameron Mitchell

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I hope to continue working in film, television and theatre.

Jeremy Bulloch

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The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.

John James Audubon

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Loving a country is an act of the imagination.

Michael Ignatieff

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As far as characters in fiction that I really admire - it's pretty strong to say you would wish that you had created another character - but I'll throw out Will Graham, the protagonist in 'Red Dragon,' a book I've read several times.

Michael Connelly

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I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my career.

John Travolta

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Show me what society that ever existed that did not use the tools that they had available. Ask any person from East Germany... you will never hear somebody say, 'The Stasi never bothered me because I didn't have anything to hide.' That's not a thing that people say.

Trevor Paglen

PeopleMeSocietyToolsYouHide

A dancer's life is hard - it is so physically demanding, and at any moment, you could have an injury that could end your career.

Monica Cruz

LifeMomentEndLife Is HardYou

I really feel like the first day I went to drama school and I went up on stage, that I found my vocation. It's kind of a cliched thing to say but I really feel like it was what I was meant to do.

Diane Kruger

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Trying to breast-feed gave me such a creepy feeling. It made me feel sick.

Davinia Taylor

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I'm lucky. 'Thor' has kicked off everything I'm doing, and it's been the greatest thing for me, but I am aware that I need to mix it up a bit.

Chris Hemsworth

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I made three or four different fonts during 'Short Term 12' -' it was how I'd calm my mind between scenes. I have graph paper and gel pens, and I would do the alphabet: just do 'a' over and over again until I got it perfect and then go to 'b' and then 'c'.

Brie Larson

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