"Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it."

“When you're in your early 20s, a lot of characters can be one or two dimensional. You want a role to substantiate the drama, as opposed to actually analyzing the psychology of a human being. That's what drew me to acting, particularly the contradictions in people.”

“I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simplymore voters, but better voters.”

“Victory does not feel so good as losing feels bad. When you have a son, you are happy. But it's no comparison to the sadness you feel losing a son.”

“I just simply am not a dater. I think I have been on three official dates in my life. They are like job interviews and I refuse to be romantically employed.”

“Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese.”

Source : Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.313, Scholastic Inc.

“They say that oppression engenders hate. They are heard on all sides crying hate hate.”

“Interviews are usually a follow-up, like a press junket or a publicity junket, or something like that, and I'm not doing any of that right now. I don't have any axes to grind.”

“In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each of these components in a new way.”

Source : Eric Kandel (2012). “The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present”, p.508, Random House