"I'm interested in where we are, where we're going, where we've come from."

--

Peter Carey

“It is always better to imitate a successful man than to envy him.”
“I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.”
“Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown.”
“To every woman who gave birth, to every citizen and taxpayer, it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women of the United States of America!”

Source : Patricia Arquette's Academy Awards Acceptance Speech, aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. February 22, 2015.
“Sometimes I think it's better to be a diva.”
“You just have to do what suits you, and it doesn't matter if you don't look like everybody else. Be you. That's our gift and we've got to celebrate that.”

Source : Interview with Tom Mottram, www.stylist.co.uk.
“I suppose this is, essentially, my perspective on life. Just because we've made mistakes and learned things from them intellectually doesn't mean we won't continue to make the same mistakes over and over again.”
“If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier.”

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