"It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a so-called swing band played something melodic and still gave it a beat."

-- Artie Shaw

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“Eloquent and moving... an extraordinary testament to the enduring power of love - beyond faith and dogma. It reminds us of why we are here: to love and live fully, to be curious about all things, and to live a compassionate - and passionate - authentic life.”
“Risk is just an expensive substitute for information.”

Source : "The Upside". "HBR IdeaCast" with Paul Michelman, hbr.org.
“In a lot of ways, a lot of smells that aren't necessarily edible smell good, and they remind you of certain aspects of food. So making those associations with what smells good or smells a certain way and pairing that with actual edible ingredients is one avenue that we take creatively.”
“I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.”

Source : "Accidental stardom / Owen Wilson never expected to be an actor" by Ruthe Stein, www.sfgate.com. December 16, 2001.
“Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.”
“Karrin Murphy led the charge, and Sanya and I tried to keep up. She went through that sea of foes like a little speedboat, her enemies spun and tossed and turned and disoriented in her wake. Sanya and I hacked our way through stunned foes, pushing and chopping with unsophisticated brutality-and that big Russian lunatic just kept laughing the whole time.”
“I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do think about an arc someone can go. I love Johnny Depp, I love 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' but I never wanted to play the same character over and over again.”
“Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.”

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