"Most of my movies get about a third raves, a third vicious attacks, and a third in-between."

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Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. April 30, 2009.

James Toback

#Rave Quotes #Vicious Quotes #Thirds Quotes

“Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them.”
“And New Year's Eve is very, very important to me.”
“It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Our Heavenly Father has organized us into families for the purpose of helping us successfully meet the trials and challenges of life. The home also exists to bless us with the joys and privileges of family associations. Our family is our safety place, our support network, our sanctuary, and our salvation.”
“But the saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor. (Nor should the Karl Barth who so loved and understood Mozart be regarded as such.)For humor is a mysterious but unmistakable charism inseparable from Catholic faith, and neither the "progressives" nor the "integralists" seem to possess it - the latter even less than the former.”
“It is funny, I don't feel old enough to give advice... But with the advisers you trust, you better listen to them. It may be bad news but that's the only way you're going to improve.”
“The man who does as he likes is the greatest slave. The man who never does as he likes is God's free man.”

Source : G. Campbell Morgan (2004). “The True Estimate of Life and How to Live”, p.147, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“If we wish our civilization to survive we must break with the habit of deference to great men.”

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