"You can only go to places that you will let yourself go."

-- Charles Yu

“I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on an assembly line building Buicks.”
“Perhaps its not the world that is soundless but we who are deaf.”
“World Class players can lay down the toughest hands and play any two cards at any time without fear. Their reads are impeccable.”
“A bilingual marriage, by the way, is a great way to stay together for longer than you normally would because you can't understand each other very well.”
“It cannot be emphasized too strongly that Christianity has a vested interest in human misery. Christianity, perhaps more than any religion before or since, capitalized on human suffering; and it was enormously successful in insuring its own existence through the perpetuation of human suffering.”
“I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.”

Source : Alva Myrdal's Nobel Lecture in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 11, 1982.
“If acknowledging that racial misgivings and misunderstandings are still a part of politics and life in America, I plead guilty.”
“Sometimes, the most daunting thing about performing is making eye contact with your audience, so just look above them and at the corners of the room. Soon, you'll totally forget they're there.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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