"Death is repose, but the thought of death disturbs all repose."

-- Cesare Pavese

“Do everything at 100 percent of its potential and never accept second best.”
“When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.”
“Things have to hit for the moment. That's one of the reasons I'm into video; the image has to hit immediately. I adore video and the whole cutting up of it.”
“A lot of people want to make films and do photography and things, but I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Reciprocity is not mandatory.”

Source : David Lubar (2015). “Sophomores and Other Oxymorons”, p.283, Penguin
“I will get stronger. I will return.”

Source : Gabrielle Giffords, Mark Kelly (2012). “Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope”, p.321, Simon and Schuster
“I'm not like Madonna. I haven't changed my lilt in my voice.”
“No one can say just how long a message should be, but you rarely hear complaints about a speech being too short. The amateur worries about what he is going to put in his speech or article. The expert worries about what he should take out.”

Source : "Can you give the public what it wants?: The need for better communications in editing, writing, broadcasting, advertising, public relations [and] teaching".

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