"Life always has an unhappy ending, but you can have a lot of fun along the way, and everything doesn't have to be dripping in deep significance."

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Source : Roger Ebert (1987). “Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion”

Roger Ebert

#Fun Quotes #Unhappy Quotes #Way Quotes

“I know that when I look at today's Mexicans and Central Americans, they seem to me fundamentally the same as my grandparents seeking a better life in America. On the other side, however, open immigration can't coexist with a strong social safety net; if you're going to assure health care and a decent income to everyone, you can't make that offer global. So Democrats have mixed feelings about immigration; in fact, it's an agonizing issue.”
“There comes a time for everybody when words and reasons can become such a great weariness.”
“There is no courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause.”

Source : Thomas Southerne (1713). “The maid's last prayer: or, Any, rather than fail. The fatal marriage: or, The innocent adultery. Oroonoko. The fate of Capua. [Taken from general t-p; some variations on special t-ps, e.g. Sir Antony Love”, p.301
“I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that's true for a lot of women-sports gives you a part of your life where you can work at something and you look in the mirror and you like that person.”
“One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.”
“We're phenomenally blessed in the Walla Walla Valley. We have great, complex soil that's nutrient-rich but fairly porous.”
“A spiritual search in art is looking for meaning outside of yourself.”
“And Barry Levinson is insanely funny. I don't know if you know this, not everyone does, but he and Craig T. Nelson were a comedy team back in the coffeehouse days of the late '60s.”

Source : Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. March 8, 2012.

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