It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.
Tallulah BankheadRead
Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.
Interpretation
Each person is unique and has their own identity, which can be complex and challenging to navigate.
This quote by Tallulah Bankhead emphasizes the inherent uniqueness of every individual. It suggests that even the person themselves may struggle to fully understand or express their own identity, highlighting the intricacies of being true to oneself in a world that often challenges our individuality.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech about embracing one's uniqueness.
It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.
I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
They say it's the good girls who keep diaries. The bad girls never have the time. Me, I just wanna live a life I'm gonna remember even if I don't write it down.
Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches.
Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you right on the head
The Buddha resides as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain.
The immediate future of man lies in the imagination and in seeking the dimension where the imagination can be expressed.
We are a society dying, said Aunt Lydia, of too much choice.
I imagine the earth when I am no more: Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley. Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born, Derived from people, but also from radiance, heights.
It's tempting, when confronted by political malfeasance, to become so absorbed with its symptom that we give too little attention to treating its cause.
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