"Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely."

-- Kin Hubbard

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“I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Popularity is not leadership.”

Source : Richard Marcinko (1997). “Leadership Secrets of the Rogue Warrior: A Commando's Guide to Success”
“I should have been dead ten times over. I've thought about that a lot. I believe in miracles. It's an absolute miracle that I'm still around.”
“I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.”
“Pan's Labyrinth works on so many levels that it seems to change shape even as you watch it. It is, at times, a joyless picture, and its pall of sadness can begin to weigh you down.”

Source : Review of Pan's Labyrinth, Salon Magazine, 2006.
“I haven't been in politics too long so that's a good thing.”
“I look at the books on my library shelves. They certainly seem dormant. But what if the characters are quietly rearranging themselves? What if Emma Woodhouse doesn't learn from her mistakes? What if Tom Jones descends into a sodden life of poaching and outlawry? What if Eve resists Satan, remembering God's injunction and Adam's loving advice? I imagine all the characters bustling to get back into their places as they feel me taking the book down from the shelf. Hurry, they say, he'll expect to find us exactly where he left us, never mind how much his life has changed in the meantime.”
“Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths.”

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