"I worked in the mail room at CAA when I was in high school. I worked in the literary department, too. That was my after school job, believe it or not: I would read manuscripts and then evaluations on whether or not I thought they'd make good movies. Which was fascinating and kind of hilarious to me at the time."

-- Matthew Specktor

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“Success and happiness are not destinations, they are exciting, never-ending journeys.”
“If you have peace of mind, when you meet with problems and difficulties they wonâ€™t disturb your inner peace. Youâ€™ll be able to employ your human intelligence more effectively. But, if your mental state is disturbed, full of emotion, it is very difficult to cope with problems, because the mind that is full of emotion is biased, unable to see reality. So whatever you do will be unrealistic and naturally fail.”
“Take responsibility for finding your one true love”
“I've always been an Industrial fan. People who say "Industrial is out" are the same people who will say "IDM is out" in a year or two. Ambulance chasers.”
“It's only in hindsight that you realize what indeed your childhood was really like.”
“How will it be with us in the future life, when everything that has gratified us in this world: riches, honors, food and drink, dress, beautifully furnished dwellings, and all attractive objects-how will it be, I say, when all these things leave us-when they will all seem to us a dream, and when works of faith and virtue, of abstinence, purity, meekness, humility, mercy, patience, obedience, and others will be required of us?”
“People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes.”

Source : "A Planetary Problem". Interview with Amy Davidson, www.newyorker.com. April 25, 2005.
“Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not.”

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