"The problem with a popular art form is that those who want something more are in a hopeless minority compared with the millions who are always seeing it for the first time, or for the reassurance and gratification of seeing the conventions fulfilled again."

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Source : Pauline Kael (1994). “For keeps”, E P Dutton

Pauline Kael

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“I don't like the way I ever appear on TV.”

Source : "Poker legend Chris Moneymaker talks 'All In: The Poker Movie". Interview with Clark Collis, ew.com. March 23, 2012.
“One of the fundamental conditions of happiness is to know that everything that one does has a meaning in eternity”

Source : Titus Burckhardt, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (2006). “The Foundations of Christian Art: Illustrated”, p.2, World Wisdom, Inc
“... just because a guitar is old doesn't make it good... I've seen guitars that were old but weren't as good as the reissue ... for me, it's not the age that makes it happen, it's the quality of the instrument...”
“We must always look after our friends, even when they are foolish. Especially when they are foolish.”
“Corporate organization in American business and commerce was already well under way by the time Abraham Lincoln became president. But all the evidence from his pre-war lawyering days is that he had little objection to the rise of corporations. As a state legislator, he had strongly favored the creation of an Illinois state bank, as well as sponsoring the chartering of public/private corporations like the Illinois Central Railroad.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Do you want to know the easiest way to fall in love? Just associate with all your pleasant experiences of someone, and disassociate from all the unpleasant ones.”
“A lot of people don't give much thought to what they believe, and it's easy for them to hold what often are two conflicting ideas in their head at the same time.”
“There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to make a good song.”

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