"You don't normally do another presentation of All About Eve. You do one All About Eve, and that's it."

-- Sydney Pollack

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
“The good thing about a film, or at least the films I've been a part of, is, no matter what happens in the end, you do the premiere and everyone's excited. You don't remember the rough times.”
“The best learning happens in real life with real problems and real people and not in classrooms.”
“We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.”
“The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer.”
“There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.”
“Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.”
“I remind myself of Einstein's remark that common sense is nothing but a collection of misconceptions acquired by age 18...”

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