"There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write."

-- Henry R. Luce

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“It is to TV that I owe my freedom from bondage of the Latin lover roles. Television came along and gave me parts to chew on. It gave me wings as an actor.”
“When you're a liar, a person of low moral fortitude, really any explanation you need to be true can be true. Especially if you're smart enough. You can figure out a way to justify anything.”

Source : "Sam Witwer on Darth Maul’s ‘Clone Wars’ Fate: ‘He’s Playing a Long Game’". Interview with Christian Blauvelt, www.hollywood.com.
“I think of myself as a kind of reporter; I report on the nature of certain events. I think of art as a report on civilization at a certain time.”

Source : Leon Golub (1997). “Leon Golub: do paintings bite? : selected texts 1948-1996”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
“Knowing what I do now, I don't know if I'd ever have the balls to go to film school, with no connections and no knowledge of the business side at all.”
“I stupidly memorize my credit card and use it about thrice weekly for online shopping. The only reason I don't bankrupt myself is that I return about 75% of what I buy.”
“Twenty years ago the Oklahoma City bombing seared the concept of terrorism on American soil into our national consciousness and proved that we are all vulnerable, even in the heartland. I was in college at Rice University in 1995. All of us remember exactly where we were that day, and we will never forget the 168 people who were killed. Terrorism is evil, yet the incredible response to tragedies like we experienced in Oklahoma 20 years ago serve to highlight the strength, resolve, and resiliency of the American people to the world.”
“All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.”
“Palestinian people are in love with life.”

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