"you have often seen in the cinema, erich, haven't you, that between extraordinary people extraordinary things like for example extraordinary love can arise. so we only have to be extraordinary and see what happens."

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Source : Elfriede Jelinek, Martin Chalmers (1994). “Women as Lovers”, p.57, Profile Books

Elfriede Jelinek

#People Quotes #Example Quotes #Cinema Quotes

“I want people to judge me on what we have achieved after five years. I will go back to my home in Bermuda, play some golf and live a healthier life.”
“They walked still farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" No. Houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it." Strange. I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames.”
“Essentially any history we have is just a history of aristocrats. We don't have any history of people.”

Source : "Missed Opportunities". Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.
“It's everything for me. Without figure skating, I am nothing.”
“Nothing creates such untruth in you as the wish to please.”
“I do miss the rhythms of comedy. And I've never been able to perform very well without an audience. The sitcoms I've done had them. It was like doing a little play.”
“I truly believe the brightest days lie ahead for the Great State of Hawaii.”
“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.”

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