"You know, you meet some people, and do a lot of interviews, and you come across a Buck O'Neill and you know you are going to know him for the rest of your life. The same thing happened with Curt Flood."

-- Ken Burns

#People Quotes #Bucks Quotes #Interviews Quotes

“Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.”
“The death of a single human being is too heavy a price for the vindication of any principle, however sacred.”
“I was really psyched about crooner types like Frank Sinatra or Scott Walker. Something that comes more from the stomach than the throat. There's an emotional thrust to singing that way that I wanted to try on my own. I can't really sing deep and strong like that, but I wanted to just aim in that direction.”
“All women need support when they're having their babies and their little families are in formation. I have to say I have a lot of concern about the numbers of women - and men, now - who are not getting the support that they need. There are not the families and the communities around that there used to be.”
“I feel real ownership in this show. I feel very invested in it. I care very much about it. I don't feel any more like a hired hand, you know? It's a strange feeling - I feel personally responsible for how the story goes. What happens. What the weaknesses are. And so in a way, some of the changes gave me an opportunity to have a voice in a different way.”
“Your deep interests should always have a dog-eared place on your nightstand.”
“If someone picks up one thing you've written, you want them to go, 'Wow, this is pretty good.'”
“To know how to free oneself is nothing; the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.”

Source : Andre Gide (2015). “The Immoralist”, p.8, Lulu Press, Inc

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