Acting Quote by Enrico Fermi

Some discouragement, some faintness of heart at the new real future which replaces the imaginary, is not unusual, and we do not expect people…

— George Eliot

Before, I always lived in anticipation . . . that it was all a preparation for something else, something "greater," more "genuine." But that…

— Etty Hillesum

When I was younger I wish I'd known that what often seemed to be the 'end of the world' often turned out to be…

— Annie Lennox

It's strange, the lack of emotion, the absence of drama in reality. When things happen in real life, extraordinary things, there's no music, there's…

— Kevin Brooks

For me, the beauty of the blank page, or empty screen,staring up at nine thirty after two cups of coffee and a deep breath…

— Adam Gopnik

The most transformative experiences people have - bliss, devotion, self transcendence - are currently anchored to the worst parts of culture and to ways…

— Sam Harris

Sometimes I wake up in awe that I'm alive. I can't get over that part, so I guess it makes me kind of like…

— Michelle Rodriguez

I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in…

— Lily Tomlin

The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience…

— Abraham Maslow

I tend to prioritize emotional realism above the known laws of time and space, and when you do that, it's inevitable that strange things…

— Helen Oyeyemi

I've always thought that a feeling which changes never existed in the first place.

— Ayn Rand

People are felt rather than seen after the first few moments...

— John Steinbeck