"Malcolm X educated himself in prison by reading."

-- Stephen D. Krashen

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“For many years I thought, "Well, I need to know a lot more to direct." But I looked around and watched all the people I know directing and thought, "No. I just need to know what I want it to be." Then there will be a lot of people to help me get it to there, especially Bobby Bukowski, he's a brilliant cinematographer.”
“I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.”

Source : "Career Watch: Jason Bateman Gets Down with his ‘Bad’ Self" by Susan Wloszczyna, www.indiewire.com. March 17, 2014.
“Not that chance dominated events in the early Solar System, for scientific determinism was also functioning. But chance is an essential factor in all evolutionary events, and the birth and development of our planetary system were not exceptions.”

Source : Eric Chaisson, Lola Judith Chaisson (2007). “Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos”, p.212, Columbia University Press
“Somewhere in the center of my soul, a rusty chain began to unwind. It freed itself, link by link, from where it had rested, unobserved, waiting for him. My hands, which had been balled up and pressed against his chest, unfurled with it. The chain continued to drop, to an unfathomable depth where there was nothing but darkness and Matthew. At last it snapped to its full length, anchoring me to a vampire. Despite the manuscript, despite the fact that my hands contained enough voltage to run a microwave, and despite the photograph, as long as I was connected to him, I was safe.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2014). “All Souls Trilogy”, p.172, Penguin
“The truth is not a crystal that can be slipped into one's pocket, but an endless current into which one falls headlong.”

Source : Robert Musil (2015). “The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic”, p.535, Pan Macmillan
“An owner is someone who chooses to own their life, own their choices, and own their future.”
“All the wars of the world, all the Caesars, have not the staying power of a lily in a cottage garden.”
“I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked awful, but I always look awful in the mirror. I keep myself going with the firm belief that my real face is much better looking.”

Source : George Alec Effinger (2017). “The Budayeen Cycle: When Gravity Fails, A Fire in the Sun, and The Exile Kiss”, p.23, Open Road Media

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