"You cannot survive if you do not know the past."

-- Oriana Fallaci

“I was a big fighter when I was younger. In bars I was ready to explode and fight.”
“I don't think there is too much art involved in what I do.”

Source : "A diva who defined the disco moment" By Mark Coleman, www.cnn.com. May 18, 2012.
“I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word 'lavish' and everything being magnificent.”

Source : "Q&A with 'King's Speech' director Tom Hooper". Interview with Walter Addiego, www.sfgate.com. February 4, 2011.
“Indifference is isolation. In difference is texture and wonder.”
“Sometimes you have to fulfill a promise in order to deserve the love you're given.”
“Failure is an event, something that happens at a specific time on a certain day. If you want to be successful, you have to embrace failure and get back up every single time.”

Source : Source: theimarketingcafe.com
“that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion.”

Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
“The Victorian era is the sexiest age for me, but I also like a woman in a pair of jeans.”

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