"When I first went into the active Army, you could tell someone to move a chair across the room. Now you have to tell them why."

-- Robert Lembke

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“Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love.”

Source : "The Complete Lyonesse" by Jack Vance, Gollancz (p. 449), 2000.
“The first film that really knocked me out was Alien by Ridley Scott. This is a great movie because no matter how many times I watch it, I still find myself fully invested in the characters despite the fact I know what is coming. I think it was this type of mastery of storytelling and the ability of bringing the audience so completely into another world that made me want to become a director.”
“And for a lot of people, they want it all to be fuzzy and warm and cosmic, but it's no different with a horse than with a kid...You can't always be the kid's best friend. First you have to be the parent.”
“I think one of the reasons we have children is to believe everything all over again. And I'm not talking Santa, here, either.”
“I moved to L.A., and people said that I would never find work, that I would never find good friends, and I feel like I was fortunate enough to find the work, but it wouldn't mean anything unless I had a group of people who could appreciate it.”
“Many of Bonnard's later paintings are shot through with a powerful sense of morbidity. The self-portraits he painted after catching sight of himself in the various mirrors in the house - the mirror in the bathroom or the mirror in his bedroom, still lit from above by a single accusatory light bulb - are almost appallingly raw.”
“I'm so an all-or-nothing person in dating, always. I'm big on not wasting time. And so, yeah, if something's not working, it's time to not hold people back.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I took acting classes in my senior year in college and I loved it.”

Source : "Q&A: 'Pariah' star Adepero Oduye is on the cups of stardom". Interview with Nigel Smith, www.mtv.com. December 27, 2011.

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