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“Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching or reading about emotional crises among folk who live in a world of great fortune both in matters of luck and money; stories and fantasies about rock stars and film stars, sporting millionaires and models; jet-setting members of the aristocracy and international financiers.”
Source : James Kelman (2012). “And the Judges Said&…: Essays”, p.56, Birlinn
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“My most memorable science fiction experience was Star Wars and seeing R2D2 and C3PO. I fell in love with those robots.”
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“By far, the content of Canadian films. You're able to push the envelope in ways you can't in the U.S., I find. But also, because of the budgets and everything, it's all condensed, quick, and short.”
Source : "LESLIE, MY NAME IS EVIL Interview Pt. 1". Interview with Monika Bartyzel, collider.com. September 25, 2009.
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“Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!”
Source : "The Fall of the Roman Empire". Book by Rita J. Markel, January 10, 2007.
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“Statistically it's a certainty there are hugely advanced civilizations, intelligences, life forms out there. I believe they're so advanced they're even doing interstellar travel. I believe it's possible they even came here.”
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“I well remember it being said to me by an occultist of great experience that two things are necessary for safety in occultism, right motives and right associates.”
Source : John Harricharan (1993). “Morning Has Been All Night Coming”, Berkley Publishing Group
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“Even smiling makes my face ache.”
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“Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if we have got along very well without it before.”