"If I was like some of the characters I played, I'd probably be dead by now."

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Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Jennifer Tilly

#Character Quotes

“I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.”
“What, do you think that feminism means you hate men?”
“I'm Mexican-American, but for a long time I was pushed out of any references to Mexican-American writers. It was easier to come out as a gay man than it was to come out as a Mexican-American.”

Source : "'I'm a Writer Who Hustled, Not a Hustler Who Wrote': An Interview With John Rechy". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. December 9, 2013.
“When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own sons to enter the work of the public schools cease to tell us that education is the greatest and noblest of all human callings?”
“I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell.”
“Now an extraordinary and helpful fact is that by making Mind the object of our attention, not only does the serenity which is its nature begin to well up of its own accord but its steady unchanging character itself helps spontaneously to repel all disturbing thoughts.”
“Sadness can find you anywhere, anytime, so you better have fun when you can.”
“As Paradise (though of God's own Planting) was no longer Paradise than the Man was put into it, to dress it and to keep it, so nor will our Gardens remain long in their perfection unless they are also continually cultivated.”

Source : John Evelyn, William Upcott (1825). “Miscellaneous Writings”, p.430, London : H. Colburn

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