"The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being"

-- Richard Ford

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“I would be devastated if my son could not have music as part of his curriculum in school. It should not be a choice between culture and technical training - well-rounded students and graduates will make appropriate choices for their careers, but they must also be trained to make appropriate social choices.”
“The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn out all right.”
“And from my character's point-of-view in Ravenous, he had been collected by Robert Carlyle's character, he had become infected by this ravenous, cannibalistic power, and he was making the best of it.”
“I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.”

Source : Dashiell Hammett (2002). “Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett, 1921-1960”, Counterpoint Press
“Glamour is something no woman can be born with. It's not a gift at all. It's more of a concoction than anything else.”
“You play to whatever publication you're being interviewed by.”
“I can no longer seduce because I love my husband ... I don't want to hurt him. I am no longer a man-eater.”

Source : "The Sarkozys: One Year Of L’Amour". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 24, 2009.
“Lights," I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with freedom.”

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