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“In all cases, the most reliable style is in the middle of the road — a thoughtful sensible position in any human behavior.”
On the same subject.
“I often think my life has been a failure. But whenever I drop into a theater and hear women laugh at one of my films, I think, well, if I brightened their day before they went home and did the dishes, maybe my life wasn’t wasted, after all.”
Cary Grant · 1969
“High comedy and polished words, that’s the hardest to write and to act but it’s the best. And it lasts the longest, too.”
Cary Grant · 1961
“Everybody thinks I’m relaxed. I’ve spent my whole life tense.”
Cary Grant
“No money, no material reward is comparable to the praise, the shouts of well done and accompanying pat on the back of one’s fellowman.”
Cary Grant · 1963