"Hollywood is famous for breeding monsters, and having worked in the business, I've known a lot of them. But only intermittently have I ever found them monstrous. They have many other qualities."

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Matthew Specktor

#Quality Quotes

“When I cannot read, when I cannot think, when I cannot even pray, I can trust.”
“I am currently doing about 30 charity auctions a year.”
“I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make.”
“Looking natural takes so long! If you look at the runways, the look for models is predominantly natural, isn't it?”
“The obscure we always see sooner or later; the obvious always seems to take a little longer.”
“Thales said there was no difference between life and death. Why, then, said some one to him, do not you die? Because, said he, it does make no difference.”
“The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.”
“Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.”

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