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Quote by Dalton Trumbo

“When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.”

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Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who made significant contributions to the film industry. Born on December 9, 1905, and passing away on September 10, 1976, Trumbo's career spanned several decades, during which he wrote scripts for numerous films. more

“I love the performance of a craft, whether it is modest or mean-spirited, yet I walk away when discussions of it begin - as if one should ask a gravedigger what brand of shovel he uses or whether he prefers to work at noon or in moonlight. I am interested only in the care taken, and those secret rehearsals behind it. Even if I do not understand fully what is taking place.”

Ifs Should Mean Use Care Asks Walks Secret Behinds Taken Performances Crafts Brands Discussion Modest Moonlight Rehearsal Noon Spirited Shovels Mean Spirited Gravediggers

Book:Divisadero

Source: Divisadero

“He made the boxes because he was lonely. He didn't have anyone to love, and he made the boxes so he could love them, and so people would know that he existed, and because birds are free and the boxes are hiding places for the birds so they will feel safe, and he wanted to be free and be safe. The boxes are for him so he can be a bird.”

People Knows Feels Made Wanted Safe Bird Lonely Boxes Hiding Hiding Place

Book:The Time Traveler's Wife

Source: The Time Traveler's Wife

“Happy". I had not heard that word since Mr. Milgrom spoke it at the last Hanukkah. I asked him the question that had been on my mind since then. "Tata, what is happy?" He looked at me and at the ceiling and back to me. "Did you ever taste an orange?" he said.”

Mind Said Lasts Heard Taste Spokes Orange Ceilings Hanukkah Tata

Book:Milkweed

Source: Milkweed

“The lamb misused breeds public strife And yet forgives the butcher's knife.”

Forgiving Knives Strife Lambs Butchers Misused

Book:William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose

Source: William Blake: Selected Poetry and Prose

“When a woman thinks her husband is a fool, her marriage is over. They may part in one year or ten; they may live together until death. But if she thinks he is a fool, she will not love him again.”

Ifs Thinking Years May Together Fool Ten Husband

Book:Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen

Source: Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen

“The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!”

Ifs Life Trying Fate Aim

Book:The Works of Robert Browning

Source: The Works of Robert Browning

“En Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - In my end is my beginning.”

Ends Commencement Fins

Author:Philippa Gregory

“Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.”

People Months Right Now Good Things Miles Miles Away

Author:Maya Angelou

“Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.”

Beautiful Speak Imagination Beauty Rich Handsome Elegant Creating Beauty