"Our need to identify with representative figures is something that never goes away. We still find those in novels. We find those in television. We find them in movies. We find them all over the place."

-- Matthew Specktor

#Needs Quotes #Television Quotes #Figures Quotes

“Seek always to do some good, somewhere... Even if it's a little thing, so something for those that need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.”
“The worst thing I ever wore, really, was rubber pants, but I don't think that was a cliche. They were just way too hot. Rubber doesn't breathe. I look back on my photos, and I dig them. I think I look really cool.”
“And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.”
“I went to New York to be where the beautiful people were and it didn't disappoint me. It's so open. It's a great platform to do your own thing or start new things. When I got there, I started living for the first time.”
“Without a sacred center, no one knows right from wrong.”

Source : Thomas Yellowtail, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (1994). “Yellowtail, Crow Medicine Man and Sun Dance Chief: An Autobiography”, p.28, University of Oklahoma Press
“This is *our* Universe, our museum of wonder and beauty, our cathedral.”
“I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break.”
“In life nothing goes on for ever, even if it looks exactly as if it would.”

Source : Ursula Bloom (1967). “A roof and four walls”

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