"I've never felt fallow in the sense that there's been no work."

-- Ralph Fiennes

“The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.”
“I read Macbeth as a secondary student in Nigeria and it was like an African play to me. It had all the right elements - witches, kings and assassinations.”
“It used to be said that, socially speaking, Philadelphia asked who a person is, New York how much is he worth, and Boston what does he know. Nationally it has now become generally recognized that Boston Society has long cared even more than Philadelphia about the first point and has refined the asking of who a person is to the point of demanding to know who he was. Philadelphia asks about a man's parents; Boston wants to know about his grandparents.”
“Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.”
“I don't know if I was a desirable person, not just physically but emotionally and mentally and intellectually. I still have a long way go and a lot to learn, but I'm on my way, I don't think I'm terribly attractive, but I'm comfortable with my looks”
“Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like to have enemies around him.”

Source : "Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. January 24, 2011.
“A drunk was in front of a judge. The judge says "You've been brought here for drinking." The drunk says "Okay, let's get started.”
“Don't knock rationalization.Â Where would we be without it?Â I don't know anyone who'd get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations.Â They're more important than sex.Â Have you ever gone a week without a rationalization?”

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