“Involved in my own entrails and a crust Turning a pitted surface towards a space, I am a world that watches through a sky And is persuaded by mirrors To regard its being as an external shell, One of a universe of stars and faces.” WorldFacesUniverseStarsMy OwnSpaceWatchesSkyInvolvedMirrorsRegardSurfaceShells Book:New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender Source: New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender
“So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden one into another's, that some of the most sagacious of men, as Cardinal Mazarin and Rothschild, seem to have been inclined to regard luck as the first element of worldly success; experience, sagacity, energy, and enterprise as nothing, if linked to an unlucky star.” IfsMenFirstsDoeHas BeensSeemsEnergyStarsDestinyElementsMouthsRegardLuckFortuneEnterpriseSilverOne ManWorldlyLinkedSpoonsCardinalsUnluckySagacityRothschildSilver SpoonsLucky Star Book:Getting on in the World: Or, Hints on Success in Life Source: Getting on in the World: Or, Hints on Success in Life
“The last spectacle of which Christian men are likely to grow tired is a harbour. Centuries hence there may be jumping-off places for the stars, and our children's children's and so forth children may regard a ship as a creeping thing scarcely more adventurous than a worm. Meanwhile, every harbour gives us a sense of being in touch, if not with the ends of the universe, with the ends of the earth.” IfsMenGivingMayChildrenEndsEarthChristianLastsUniverseStarsGrowsCenturyRegardOur ChildrenTiredShipsWormsJumpingAdventurousHarbourJumping Off Author:Robert Wilson Lynd
“The truth is, the older you get, the less variety of parts you are offered. If you're a star and you've spent most of your career being able to take your pick of the litter, you notice when the offers start to diminish. You're too old to play leads, so you're offered the supporting role - but many stars don't want to make that transition. They see it as a sign of symbolic impotence. And that the audience will no longer regard them as a star. I love acting, and I'm not going to determine what I do based on what I fear other people might think. I do what I want to do.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantPlayMightAbleStarsActingCareersRolesAudienceTruth IsOffersPicksRegardDetermineVarietyTransitionDiminishSymbolicImpotenceSupporting Roles Author:Dustin Hoffman