"Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the action is. And it's the classic, cathartic thing. You get to indulge in a lifestyle you're not part of, a tragic error leads to a downfall, and you get to say, 'Thank God I'm not him.'"

-- Nicholas Jarecki

#Kings Quotes #Indulge In Quotes #Errors Quotes

“A rich man can afford to be generous to many.”

Source : Mercedes McCambridge (1982). “The Quality of Mercy”, Berkley Publishing Group
“People make the rules of society, not God.”
“There was a seminar for advanced students in ZÃ¼rich that I was teaching and von Neumann was in the class. I came to a certain theorem, and I said it is not proved and it may be difficult. Von Neumann didn't say anything but after five minutes he raised his hand. When I called on him he went to the blackboard and proceeded to write down the proof. After that I was afraid of von Neumann.”
“Lendl has remained throughout as calm as the proverbial iceberg.”
“Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.”
“Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.”
“We die...... We die together. That's the deal.”
“Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know.”

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