"Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain."

-- Mark Twain

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“I love singing and I think I have a really nice voice, but I don't think I have an unbelievable singing voice. I think I have a great character voice.”

Source : "Exclusive InDepth InterView: Katie Finneran Talks I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER, COMPANY, Sondheim, PROMISES & More". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. December 1, 2011.
“All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.”
“To get into the character you have to really use your imagination.”

Source : "Cloverfield – Interview with Michael Stahl-David". Tribute Interview, www.tribute.ca. January 1, 2008.
“If my relation to each and every peasant in Cambodia is indeed exactly what the principles of morality would demand it to be, it's a miraculous coincidence, because it takes a lot of effort to behave correctly in regard to my friends, and from one end of the year to another I never give those peasants a single thought.”

Source : Wallace Shawn (1985). “Aunt Dan and Lemon: A Play”, p.92, Grove Press
“While no one can change events that occurred in the past, everyone can change attitudes and beliefs about them.”
“Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I consider the wise to be rich, and may I have such riches as only a person of self-restraint can bear or endure.”
“...I sense that stepping into the light is also a powerful metaphor for consciousness, for the birth of the knowing mind, for the simple and yet momentous coming of the sense of self into the world of the mental.”
“I daydream all the time, and I like that quality.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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