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“It's very painful to love someone who is wrestling with either an addiction or a mental illness because you want the best for them. And it seems so hard, and it's frustrating.”
Source : "'Infinitely Polar Bear' Director Relives Childhood With Mentally Ill Parent". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. June 22, 2015.
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“Now, I simply do what I want.”
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“When the American documentary filmmaker Donn Alan Pennebaker wanted to do a film on Dylan, Dylan asked him what he'd already done, and Pennebaker answered, Nothing except shots in the street. Dylan asked to see them, and he agreed to let him do the film.”
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“My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it's feet first!”
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“The thing that I've learned is that there really is no joy, and nothing ever good is going to come from negativity. Those are thoughts that, even if you were presenting an honest version of yourself, there's just no point in sharing.”
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“Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.”
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“I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.”
Source : William H. Gass (2014). “On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry”, p.25, New York Review of Books
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“Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.”
Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2012). “Spoon River Anthology”, p.160, Courier Corporation