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"I don`t think it can sink in. I don`t think it really stuck me when I first got the part what it was like. I`m fortunate, I`m lucky that it hasn`t hit me yet. The weird thing is when you see yourself, as you`re driving by, on a poster or you see yourself on a washing up box or something - it`s so bizarre. It`s just momentary, it`s only within those brief few seconds when you see it then you move on with your day. I have a very good family, very good friends and I`m lucky that everyone has been so supportive and kind to me. "

- William Moseley

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.

- Roman Polanski

I don`t think it can sink in. I don`t think it really struck me when I first got the part what it was like. I`m fortunate, I`m lucky that it hasn`t hit me yet. The weird thing is when you see yourself, as you`re driving by, on a poster or you see yourself on a washing up box or something - it`s so bizarre. It`s just momentary, it`s only within those brief few seconds when you see it then you move on with your day. I have a very good family, very good friends and I`m lucky that everyone has been so supportive and kind to me.

- William Moseley

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.

- Felix Adler

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man`s life.

- Marcus Aurelius

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.

- Jacob Bronowski

Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.

- Jonathan Carroll

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

- Morley Safer

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

- Abdul Rahim

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.

- Adam Loewen

Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process.

- Ali Haydar

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.

- Diane Ackerman

Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.

- John W. Gardner