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“There's so much going on in Andrei [Bolkonsky]. He's wrangling with these big existential conundrums, and he tries out different routes to fulfillment. He tries falling in love, that doesn't work. He goes to war and searches for military glory, that doesn't work. He does the quiet life of a farmer. He's always active. That's what I loved about him, he's always looking, searching. He's really inquisitive.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“Often when something is going on behind the scenes and people fight for change, the fight will go on and on and on until they understand the mechanism that they're actually fighting against.”
Source : "Big Fix The Movie | Interview with Josh and Rebecca Tickell". Interview with Mikki Willis, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
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“The decay of old aristocratic prejudices against greedy speculation, the undermining of orthodox Christian faith (which forbids avarice)... the debauching of agriculture to a gross money-getting concern: these particular aspects of a vast and voracious concentration upon profits are so many illustrations of our sinning confusion of values.”
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“To me, there is no more conscientious umpire in the Major Leagues than Jim Joyce. He gives you a hellacious effort every time.”
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“Forget about what you are escaping from. Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to.”
Source : "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay". Book by Michael Chabon, September 19, 2000.
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“I did a lot of work with early 20th century attitudes, the kind of superficial notions and behavior that prompt people who don't know history very well to think that "people were different back then" - but beneath all that are characters who react in ways that we can all recognize, and will always be able to recognize.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“Music expresses what cannot be put into words I like to think, and I think the band makes a good go at it.”
Source : "Q&A With Aerosmith: Steven Tyler 'Itching' to Make Solo Album". Interview with Steve Baltin, www.rollingstone.com. June 20, 2013.
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“There is only one way to kill capitalism - by taxes, taxes, and more taxes.”