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  • I had a hard time treating my field as if it’s horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it’s important, but I don’t really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Alan Arkin Quotes , Horse Quotes , Hard Times Quotes
  • The observance of Thanksgiving Day-as a function-has become general of late years. The Thankfulness is not so general. This is natural. Two-thirds of the nation have always had hard luck and a hard time during the year, and this has a calming effect upon their enthusiasm.
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Hard Times Quotes , Years Quotes
  • The Germans have an inhuman way of cutting up their verbs. Now a verb has a hard time enough of it in this world when it's all together. It's downright inhuman to split it up. But that's just what those Germans do. They take part of a verb and put it down here, like a stake, and they take the other part of it and put it away over yonder like another stake, and between these two limits they just shovel in German. from "Disappearance of Literature
  • 4 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Cutting Quotes , Hard Times Quotes
  • Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?
  • 3 years ago



    Tags : Anne Frank Quotes , Hard Times Quotes , Years Quotes