"From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father. He was a jazz pianist and also a very good storyteller, an avid reader. He passed both those interests on to me."

-- Athol Fugard

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“Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.”
“Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.”

Source : "The Contender Q&A: Garret Dillahunt". Interview with Paul Gaita, latimesblogs.latimes.com. December 17, 2009.
“Government and business must come together on the interlinked issues of conservation, economic development and renewable energy. There are literally thousands of businesses, many in the tourism industry, that depend on an intact marine environment for their long-term survival.”
“Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.”
“Nearly everything that was fun, of course, was also a little dangerous: riding roller coasters, skydiving, gambling, sex.”
“It's a battle with himself and with the ticking finger of the clock.”
“I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.”

Source : "Above and beyond". Interview with Katharine Viner, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2002.
“It's no wonder we know how to dress; we've spent centuries in closets.”

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