"My Irish Catholic mother loved romantic movies, provided they ended with a kiss before the screen went dark. If things went any further than that, she'd complain, Why can't they leave something to the imagination? I sort of subscribe to her philosophy when it comes to writing sex."

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Catherine Brady

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“Practice the game the way you're going to play the game. Practice hard and play hard. Run hard and above all else, hustle every moment you're on the field where you are practicing or playing in a game.”
“A young tenor player was complaining to me that Coleman Hawkins made him nervous. Man, I told him Hawkins was supposed to make him nervous! Hawkins has been making other sax players nervous for forty years!”
“Acting is like going to the gym. You have to keep yourself in shape and concentrate on your core.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've always thought space station is a great name. It should be like a gas station where we go for service and supplies before heading further out”
“The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity â€” even under the most difficult circumstances â€” to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal”
“If the soup had been as warm as the wine; if the wine had been as old as the turkey; and if the turkey had had a breast like the maid, it would have been a swell dinner.”
“All fish are not caught with flies”
“I have a very dear friend, a great painter, called me up very upset, the work wasnâ€™t going wellâ€¦ He asked me to come to his studio -- which I did -- I looked around at the work, dozens of sketches, drawings, large pictures, and I was very close to his work, intensely involved with his work, and he asked me, â€˜Whatâ€™s wrong?â€™ And I said, â€˜Simple â€“ itâ€™s a loss of nerve.”

Source : Morton Feldman (2006). “Morton Feldman Says: Selected Interviews and Lectures 1964-1987”

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