"The Korean War has also show quite clearly that in a major conflict manpower is as important as horsepower."

“Johnny Rivers...returned to L.A. to accept a lucrative offer from Elmer Valentine to open at his lavish new nightclub based upon the popular European discotheque concept. Johnny Rivers at the Whisky A Go-Go turned Hollywood upside down. His first Imperial album, "Johnny Rivers At The Whisky A Go-Go," (produced by Lou Adler) was high in the charts for 45 weeks in 1964.”

“They got a lot of easy baskets and rebounds. That is what killed us.”

“Folks as have no mind to be o' use have allays the luck to be out o' the road when there's anything to be done.”

“Look at Satan's reason for rebelling against God. It's not that he doesn't recognize that God is greater than he is. He does. It's just that he doesn't want to play by anybody else's rules. This idea that it is better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven is Satan's motto, and it turns out that this is also the motto of contemporary atheists such as Christopher Hitchens.”

“It isn't a circle--it is simply a long line--as in geometry, you know, one that reaches into infinity. And because we cannot see the end--we also cannot see how it changes. And it is very odd by those who see the changes--who dream, who will not give up--are called idealists...and those who see only the circle we call them the "realists"!”

Source : Lorraine Hansberry (2011). “A Raisin in the Sun”, p.116, Vintage

“The most important form of incremental change is the decision by the individual to become vegan. Veganism, or the eschewing of all animal products, is more than a matter of diet or lifestyle; it is a political and moral statement in which the individual accepts the principle of abolition in her own life. Veganism is the one truly abolitionist goal that we can all achieve-and we can achieve it immediately, starting with our next meal.”

“Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.”

Source : "SFIFF ’11: Ewan McGregor & Mike Mills Talk The Sadness, Humor & Joy Of ‘Beginners’" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. April 25, 2011.

“Though it is fairly easy to describe what constitutes a bad home, there is no simple definition of a good one. Conformity with the traditional pattern certainly is no guarantee of the happiest results.”

Source : Alva Myrdal, Viola Klein (1968). “Women's two roles: home and work”, Routledge & Kegan Paul Books