"One's life is more formed, I sometimes think, by books than by human beings: it is out of books one learns about love and pain at second hand. Even if we have the happy chance to fall in love, it is because we have been conditioned by what we have read, and if I had never known love at all, perhaps it was because my father's library had not contained the right books."

-- Graham Greene

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“When I was nine, I asked my Dad, â€˜Can I have your movie camera? That old, wind-up 8-millimeter movie camera thatâ€™s in your drawer?â€™ And he goes, â€˜Sure, take it.â€™ And I took it, and I started making movies with it, and I started being as creative as I could, and never once in my life did my parents ever say, â€™ What youâ€™re doing is a waste of time.â€™ Neverâ€¦.. I know there are kids out there that donâ€™t have that support system. So, if youâ€™re out there and youâ€™re listening, listen to me: If you wanna be creative, get out there and do it. Itâ€™s not a waste of time.”
“Look out for your baby or your friend, of course. That is easy. The test of moral fiber is to stick up for those you relate to least, understand minimally, and do not think are that much like you.”
“You will not be able to stay home, brother./You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out./You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip,/Skip out for beer during commercials,/Because the revolution will not be televised.”

Source : Title of song (1974)
“It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.”
“What's interesting is there are $12 billion of breaks in the energy bill that passed, yet we see that the sixth major oil companies in America last year made $1.1 trillion.”
“A diplomatic peace is not yet the real peace. It is an essential step in the peace process leading towards a real peace.”
“At the time, my 6-year-old kept thinking my character's name was "Sam Alone," which is kind of brilliant. The funny came out of Sam's sad core: the alcoholic, the sex addict, the person who thinks he's God's gift.”

Source : "The Best TV Show That's Ever Been". Interview with Brian Raftery, www.gq.com. September 27, 2012.
“When I was younger, I loved graveyards. They weren't spooky so much as mysterious. Each tombstone another story to uncover. Another life to learn about. Now that I'm older - I won't say how old - I hate graveyards. The only life - or rather death - I see in the tombstones is my own.”

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