"The year 2008 was a reminder to those who had forgotten that there is such a thing as history and that the cycle of famine and feast in commerce, first identified in antiquity and well understood in the Middle Ages, was not suddenly abolished in modern times."

-- James Buchan

#Years Quotes #Age Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately.”
“It is the most fun Iâ€™m ever going to have. I love to write. I love it. I mean, thereâ€™s nothing in the world I like better, and that includes sex, probably because Iâ€™m so very bad at it. Itâ€™s the greatest peace when Iâ€™m in a scene, and itâ€™s just me and the character, thatâ€™s it, thatâ€™s where I want to live my life.”
“It has always puzzled me that so many people have taken it for granted that God favors those who believe in him. Isn't it possible that the actual God is a scientific God who has little patience with beliefs founded on faith rather than evidence?”

Source : Raymond Smullyan (1983). “Five Thousand B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies”, p.33, Macmillan
“Well, I knew that goat would be a little gold mine," I say. Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave your sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping," says Peeta drily.”
“I think that money has changed my sport.”
“Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.”
“I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.”
“Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists... people who wanted to make movies for all the right reasons. For the love. The Art. To tell stories. Yes to make money as well, but it was about both. Now I feel, it's mostly about bottom line and making money.”

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

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