"You can squint and see something else, or something will come forward in the paint. You'll always see something else."

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Source : Interview with Nicolas Ghesquiere, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 17, 2010.

Polly Allen Mellen

“Hollywood is a mirage factory ...”
“Aubrey's voice when he answered was soft. "I'm one of the reasons they wouldn't dare.”
“I've always enjoyed stories that take place in the future but my one disappointment was that the future books described never came. We're not on other planets, there are no flying cars, and the only robots we have in our homes just sweep the floor. So I wanted to write about a future that I thought could really happen. People ask me when I tell them the title of the book, 'Are we all dead?' The good news is, no. We're still here. And I even think the future in my book is strangely hopeful, although I'm sure there will be people who strongly disagree.”
“John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.”
“I'm delighted with it, because it used to be that films were the lowest form of art. Now we've got something to look down on.”
“There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.”
“There is no beauty, if it doesn't show some of the terribleness of life.”
“In short both the things we feel we need and the things available for us to buy depend largelyâ€”beyond some point, almost entirelyâ€”on the things that others choose to buy.”

Source : Robert H. Frank (2001). “Luxury Fever: Why Money Fails to Satisfy In An Era of Excess”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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