Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
“You got to be pretty thin to be in the movies, or it helps. I would actually love to do it.”
“New fathers, political prisoners, traumatised presidential aides, resolute schoolboys, MEPs addressing unfriendly chambers - we all find that Shakespeare has magically anticipated our precise circumstances. How he was possible, I still don't understand; but there isn't a day I'm not grateful that he”