"Weâ€™re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know."

-- Voltaire

“It's always been my philosophy: Turn the page. If something falls through, turn the page. It's over with, get used to it, get on with it. Very simple. It's always worked for me.”
“Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.”
“Inevitably, the flood of literary ***** loosed on us is dulling our reactions of surprise or shock. Its writers are forced to raise the ante, to provide stronger and stronger stimulants. Or try to provide them, since both the manner, the naming of parts and the few inexpressive four-letter words, and the matter, are narrowly limited.”
“If I can do it, you can do it. Anybody can.”

Source : "Reclusive Doris Day forever fresh in films now on DVD" by Ruthe Stein, www.sfgate.com. April 15, 2005.
“I can paint anything. Leonardo? Of course. But why? You couldn't sell it.”
“Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.”
“Boredom is a pleasing antidote for fear”
“The more lines I have, in general, the worse a movie is. It's very rare that I get say great things in fantastic movies. So if you see me as like, number one on a call sheet? In general, that movie is pretty bad.”

Source : "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.

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