"Sabbath - a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh."

-- Ambrose Bierce

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“When I was growing up, all the films about teenagers were played by Tony Curtis or John Cassavetes when they were 27, 28 years old. We would see these teenage movies in the theaters and I would say, "They don't look like they're my age at all." So I wanted to make a movie that was real and I wanted to make a movie that wasn't about me.”
“There is only one thing you should know. Conquer yourself.”
“Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.”
“I was working on a satirical novel about a charismatic preacher who takes over a small Indiana town. Then I remembered Jim Jones was from Indiana and Googled him. I learned that the FBI had recently released all the documents that agents collected from Jonestown after the massacre - over 50,000 pieces of paper and almost 1,000 audio tapes. I started reading the files and couldn't tear myself away; I find "true" stories inherently more powerful than fiction.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The one thing that hinders God is our unbelief.”
“Choose love not in the shallows but in the deep.”
“It's salt. Why don't you sprinkle some on me, honey? Aren't I just good enough to eat?”
“Get the kids to understand that they shouldn't worry about who makes the shot, only whether or not the shot is made”

Source : Pete Carril, Dan White (2004). “The Smart Take from the Strong: The Basketball Philosophy of Pete Carril”, p.116, U of Nebraska Press

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