Past Imperfect
Julian Fellowes
Top 10 Best Quotes
“What does she do?" "She's a producer." Of course, in Los Angeles this doesn't mean much more than "she's a member of the human race.”
“Los Angeles is a town where status is all and status is only given to success. Dukes and millionaires and playboys by the dozen may arrive and be glad-handed for a time, but they are unwise if they choose to live there because the town is, perhaps even creditably, committed to recognising only professional success, and nothing else, to be of lasting value. The burdensome obligation imposed on all its inhabitants is therefore to present themselves as successes, because otherwise they forfeit their right to respect in that environment ... There is no place in that town for the "interesting failure" or for anyone who is not determined on a life that will be shaped in a upward-heading curve.”
“Especially as I was an old friend, or at least I was a person she had known for a long time, which after a certain point is almost the same thing...”
“When young and clever men are angry, they either explode or achieve great things.”
“In my defence I can only say that her past, too, like mine, like everyone's in fact, was a locked box. Occasionally we allow people a peep, but generally only at the top level. The darker streams of our memories we negotiate alone.”
“Why do we spend so much of our lives making blameless people unhappy?”
“She said I'd poison his mind and make him a fascist. I said she'd poison his body and make him an addict.”
“Education. Experience. Or are they the same thing?”
“This phenomenon, where the losers of a revolution try to demonstrate their support for, and approval of, the changes that have destroyed them, always fascinates me.”
“He was one of those who manage to combine almost total failure with breathtaking arrogance”
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Book Keywords:
aquaintances, los-angeles, old-friends, education, society, experience, acheivement, movie-business, film-industry, failure, california, southern-california, appearances, materialism, value, poison, friends, success, hollywood
