"Amis is a force unto himself There is, quite simply, no one else like him."

-- Jonathan Yardley

“I'm always afraid of failing. It's great motivation to work harder.”
“None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles occur only in periods and countries in which they are believed in and before persons disposed to believe in them.”

Source : Ernest Renan (2015). “Christ in Art”, p.52, Parkstone International
“I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this cosmos in which we float, like a mote of dust in the morning sky.”
“"Beach." It's a very loose term now. Pretty widely used term. And that's awesome, but I guess my California experience is different from a lot of people's interpretations, and I think maybe I just wanted to put my spin on it.”
“For an actor to be working at all is a kind of miracle, because most actors aren't. So it's just silly for a working actor to say, 'Oh, I don't care if anybody knows I'm gay' especially if you're a leading man. Personally, I wouldn't advise a gay leading man-type actor to come out,”

Source : "Gay actors say coming out affects roles they get" by Alex Needham, www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2012.
“He kissed me desperately, like a drowning man and I was his oxygen.”
“Peering down into the water where the morning sun fashioned wheels of light, coronets fanwise in which lay trapped each twig, each grain of sediment, long flakes and blades of light in the dusty water sliding away like optic strobes where motes sifted and spun.”
“For goodness sakes, beware of curlsâ€¦ It is a great art to do them so that the girls not only look modern - but do not suddenly look very vulgar.”

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