"Want! You must want something. What do you want?"

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Tobias Wolff

“The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things.”
“But while property is considered as the basis of the freedom of the American yeomanry, there are other auxiliary supports; among which is the information of the people. In no country, is education so general - in no country, have the body of the people such a knowledge of the rights of men and the principles of government. This knowledge, joined with a keen sense of liberty and a watchful jealousy, will guard our constitutions and awaken the people to an instantaneous resistance of encroachments.”
“Marriage is like the Middle East, isn't it? There's no solution.”

Source : Willy Russell (2014). “Shirley Valentine & One For The Road”, p.4, A&C Black
“I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is working better now,”
“Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers, but we are not directors in any numbers.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think there are profound differences between women and men. In intelligence and creativity, there is no difference, but in what one loves, what one likes, the passions - there are differences.”
“The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.”
“If you don't have a dream as an artist, you shouldn't be an artist, because you should be working towards something and trying to reach that always, whatever that is.”

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