"Progress is not a straight line; the future is not a mere projection of trends in the present. Rather, it is revolutionary. It overturns the conventional wisdom of the present, which often conceals or ignores the clues to the future."

-- Dr. An Wang

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“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.”
“I became an actor by accident.”
“As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time.”
“I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.”
“Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“In a sense, every human construction, whether mental or material, is a component in a landscape of fear because it exists in constant chaos. Thus children's fairy tales as well as adult's legends, cosmological myths, and indeed philosophical systems are shelters built by the mind in which human beings can rest, at least temporarily, from the siege of inchoate experience and of doubt.”
“If you looked at my iPod, you would get a trip out of all the different music, from the real heavy metal to bluegrass to classical.”
“Most Iranians are sick and tired of revolutions. They've had one for the last 25 years, and they don't want another one. Those who've tried to spark another revolution have failed time and again. I don't think there's any evidence that somehow, if the U.S. gave these guys the high sign, it would make regime change somehow more likely. Every time the U.S. has tried to interfere in Iranian affairs to help a particular group of Iranians, it's backfired on us, and hurt the group we tried to help.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

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