"Just as it's unfair to review a taco stand for not being a four-star restaurant, I also have to be mindful that not every drama on TV is trying to be "The Wire.""

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Source : "What to Watch: TV chat with Hank Stuever". Live chat, live.washingtonpost.com. Janaury 28, 2016.

#Stars Quotes #Drama Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came before it.”
“To draw an analogy: a man's suffering is similar to the behavior of a gas. If a certain quantity of gas is pumped into an empty chamber, it will fill the chamber completely and evenly, no matter how big the chamber. Thus suffering completely fills the human soul and conscious mind, no matter whether the suffering is great or little. Therefore the "size" of human suffering is absolutely relative.”
“...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.”
“Your writing is never as good as you hoped; but never as bad as you feared.”
“Champions aren't made in the ring, they are merely recognized there. What you cheat on in the early light of morning will show up in the ring under the bright lights.”
“There is a way between voice and presence, where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens; with wandering talk it closes.”
“He that loves pleasure must for pleasure fall.”
“Seriously, though, I think I never ceased to be grateful of the fact that I am able to do a job that I really love - I never got over that.”

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