"The percentage of Indian kids doing some sort of artistic work is much higher than in the general population - painting, drawing, dancing, singing. The creation of art is still an everyday part of Indian culture, unlike the dominant culture, where art is sort of peripheral."

-- Sherman Alexie

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“I've never been obsessed with celebrity or star-struck or anything. I met Penelope Cruz when we were in Toronto, who I think is a goddess and an unbelievable actress, and she introduced herself. As she walked away from the table I had to take a deep breath, which was strange because I've never had that with anyone.”
“Why is it that the most important stuff to listen to is almost always the stuff we don't want to hear?”
“Rousseau and his disciples were resolved to force men to be free; in most of the world, they triumphed; men are set free from family, church, town, class, guild; yet they wear, instead, the chains of the state, and they expire of ennui or stifling lone lines.”

Source : Russell Kirk (2001). “The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot”, p.488, Regnery Publishing
“PlayStation 3 is another form of meditation. Come on, when you're on set, all day? That's what I do in my trailer, I just play PlayStation 3.”

Source : "Riding Along with Steve Zahn". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. May 14, 2009.
“I donâ€™t want any of this artificial superficial feeling stimulated by the choir. Today I have proved myself a gluttonâ€”â€‹for Scotch oatmeal cookies and erotic thought. There is nothing left to say of me.”
“I suppose, because I am a sportsman and travel all over Australia, I see every day Australians doing small and large and often unnoticed deeds; many times I thought how nice it would be for them to be recognised, so I hope somehow that in receiving this honour that I represent these people.”
“If we are willing to do the mental work, almost anything can be healed.”
“I donâ€™t. I donâ€™t want anybody else to touch you. Iâ€™m silly. I get furious if they touch you.”

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