"Money just draws flies."

-- Mahalia Jackson

“I think itâ€™s a wonderful view that care was important â€“ but I think you can make a one-off and not care and you can make a million of something and care. Whether you really care or not is not driven by how many of the products youâ€™re going to make.”
“I don't want this life to end," said Alexander. "The good, the bad, the everything, the very old, to ever end.”
“Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire.”

Source : 'Epistle to J. L[aprai]k' (1786) st. 13
“Amores Perros" and "Once Were Warriors" had a tremendous visceral quality that really influenced me.”

Source : "Meet the 2011 Sundance Filmmakers | “Mad Bastards” Director Brendan Fletcher". www.indiewire.com. January 11, 2011.
“Hope is a terrible thing, she said. Is it? Yes, it keep you living in another place, a place which doesn't exist. For some people it's better than where they are. For many it's a relief. From life, she said. A relief from life? Is that living? Some people don't have a choice. No and that's awful for them. Hope is better than misery, he said. Or despair. Hope belongs in the same box as despair. Hope is not so bad, he said. At least despair has truth to it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Susan Minot from Dec 16, 2013
“To be a big league ball player, you have to love the game.”
“Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth.”
“Some delicate matters must be treated like pins, because if they are not seized by the right end, we get pricked.”

Source : "Tools Of Speech". Book by Maturin M.ballou, 1886.

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