"While the Tamils were inventing cabs and leather jackets, we Greeks were busy inventing philosophy. But I guess everybody needs cabs and leather jackets."

-- Romain Gavras

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“I find that I end up liking songs if I really have an idea of something I wat to write about-some problem in my life or something I want to work through; if I don't have something like that at the root of the song, then I think I end up not caring about it as much. I gravitate towards some kind of concept or idea or situation that I want to write about. Very often I have to write, rewrite and come at it from an opposite angle...and I end up writing the opposite song that I thought I was going to write.”

Source : "Book Talk: Sloane Crosley hits brothels and clowns in new essays". Interview with Belinda Goldsmith, www.reuters.com. June 23, 2010.
“Why do we place such a disproportionate emphasis on sporting achievement? Why doesn't success in other fields receive similar attention... Maybe it's because in a country that prides itself on being egalitarian, sport is intellectually and socio-economically an equal playing field. In fact, the more humble your background, the better, the underdog-turned champion is a narrative that resonates powerfully. We're far less interested in the stories of our best doctors, writers, lawyers, engineers, teachers or social workers. Their triumphs do not capture our collective imaginations.”
“There are different reasons to make movies.”
“I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty years ago I left a monastery and began a sane human existence. Within two or three years, I find, I was defending the rights of women.”

Source : Joseph McCabe (1929). “The Story of Religious Controversy”
“When I read the script, I liked the script very much and I thought it was a marvelous part for her, because I think it is a change of pace. I mean, we know how wonderful she is in romantic comedy.”
“There is good and there is bad in every human heart, and it is the struggle of life to conquer the bad with the good.”

Source : Susan Glaspell, Eric S. Rabkin (1912). “Lifted Masks, and Other Works”, p.110, University of Michigan Press
“Youâ€™re supposed to expand your mind to fit the art, youâ€™re not supposed to chop the art down to fit your mind.”
“The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life.”

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