"It is a mark of civilised man that he seeks to understand his traditions, and to criticise them, not to swallow them whole."

-- Moses Finley

#Men Quotes #History Quotes #Tradition Quotes

“One thing about beginning writers is that they don't really always know their own strengths and weaknesses - you might think you're bad at characterization, but that might really be because of some issue you're having with another element, which is making it hard for you to express character in a convincing way.”
“It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.”
“We're creating a different universe with different rules and a different tone and different villains. We were very careful to honor the iconography of Spider-Man, but we wanted to tell it in a new and different way [in the film].”

Source : "Emma Stone and Marc Webb Talk THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Honoring the Marvel Icon, and Why Andrew Garfield is the Perfect Spider-Man". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 20, 2012.
“So, the advice that I would always give is make sure you've got your own career, before you put your child in the business.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com
“My first novel, 'The Tiger's Daughter,' embodies the loneliness I felt but could not acknowledge, even to myself, as I negotiated the no man's land between the country of my past and the continent of my present.”

Source : "American Dreamer" by Bharati Mukherjee, www.motherjones.com. January/February 1997.
“Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”
“You go to a restaurant in the States and kids have these game boards at the table. You don't see that in Italy or Spain. It's not because they can't afford to buy them, it's because that's not what eating together as a family is about.”
“For anyone who has that calling and is trying also to make a living at it, it is really hard.”

Source : Interview with Angela Page, www.wjffradio.org. June 24, 2000.

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