"I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday."

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Source : "Gephardt Admits Mistake on Race Issues in '70s", www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2004.

Dick Gephardt

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“I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult.”

Source : Elaine De Kooning, Everett McNear, Rose Slivka, Arts Club of Chicago (1983). “Elaine de Kooning”
“In geology we cannot dispense with conjectures: [but] because we are condemned to dream let us ensure that our dreams are like those of sane men-e.g. that they have their foundations in truth-and are not like the dreams of the sick, formed by strange combinations of phantasms, contrary to nature and therefore incredible.”
“Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they are outstanding and reveal themselves in exceptional achievements, their possessor is called a 'genius'.”
“One of my favorite vampire movies is 'Nosferatu,' which has a palpable sense of dread that's a pre-war dread.”

Source : "Anton Yelchin, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Imogen Poots Interview FRIGHT NIGHT". Press day, collider.com. August 18, 2011.
“I would love to work with Kristin Wiig one day. I find her hilarious, and I totally idolize her.”
“- I hate to break this to you, Cameron, but you are only human. - Shh... I've been trying to keep that under wraps for years.”
“What you really have to do, if you want to be creative, is to unlearn all the teasing and censoring that you've experienced throughout your life. If you are truly a creative person, you know that feeling insecure and lonely is par for the course. You can't have it both ways: You can't be creative and conform, too. You have to recognize that what makes you different also makes you creative.”
“I have nowhere to go. The swift satellites show The clock of my whole being is slow.”

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