"I've decided to skip 'holistic'. I don't know what it means, and I don't want to know. That may seem extreme, but I followed the same strategy toward 'Gestalt' and the 'Twist', and lived to tell the tale."

-- Calvin Trillin

#Mean Quotes #Twists Quotes #Gestalt Quotes

“I made the decision. I'm accountable.”

Source : "Live From..." with Tony Harris, edition.cnn.com. March 21, 2005.
“I grew up in those years when the Old West was passing and the New West was emerging. It was a time when we still heard echoes and already saw shadows, on moonlit nights when the coyotes yapped on the hilltops, and on hot summer afternoons when mirages shimmered, dust devils spun across the flats, and towering cumulus clouds sailed like galleons across the vast blueness of the sky. Echoes of remembrance of what men once did there, and visions of what they would do together.”
“Now Mitt is not a perfect candidate. He has a number of problems. It's hard for him, for blue collar families like mine to identify with him. It's hard for economic conservatives to identify with him. He needs to do more to reach out to Latinos...”
“And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big budget or studio or independent, as long as it's got a story that's compelling and there's enough money to make the picture.”

Source : "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.
“As a kid, I had a lot of energy; but the ballet lessons made me calm - this pleased my mother.”
“How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars”
“So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.”
“Fighting is like life. You can do everything to a tee. You can show up and fail. That's no reason to quit.”

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