The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
After a storm comes a calm.
You never know what motivates you.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Know or listen to those who know.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time.