"I love Mardi Gras. I'm a street rat."

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Mitch Landrieu

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“A people who have only just begun to emerge from a state of subjugation are in no position to be even-handed ... and it takes much patience and understanding and good will on the part of the strong ones both in the subjugated group and in the group holding the power to provide an atmosphere of stability in which the frightened bravado on both sides of the fence can dissipate itself without increasing the chaos that is already intrinsic in the situation.”
“It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood.”
“The only thing I can see in Jasper Dale's face is helpless and utter confusion.”
“I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.”
“I was never concretely aware of the extent of anti-Semitism in the United States and in the upper levels of the State Department.”
“By night the skyscraper looms in the smoke and the stars and has a soul.”
“Nowadays there are so many stars on television.There are all these generic stars now.There's Dave Caruso...Dave Caruso's kind of fun: "I know he killed your family...but he won't do it again." He says the stupidest sh*t. "I know he shot your children, but he won't do it any more." There isn't really a recognisable personality out there.”

Source : Source: rocksucker.co.uk
“All I’ve ever wanted to do is take stills of people, or take documentaries about people, and try to express to an audience how somebody lives next door. You know what I mean? Just how similar we all are as individuals.”

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

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