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“You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.”
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“You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist.”
Source : "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly", www.pbs.org. December 19, 2003.
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“Sometimes the most difficult thing you can do as an editor is not make a single note - the idea that everything and everyone needs editing is, in reality, a fiction. I've gotten pieces where I thought, Well, I could do this or that, or change this word, but in the end, I leave it. Changing something is not necessarily equivalent to making the piece more true to itself, which is the point of editing: it's just changing it because you feel you can or should or must.”
Source : Interview with Alexis Cheung, believermag.com. November 20, 2017.
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“He is so kind that he makes me search my soul to find new ways to be compassionate to others.”
Source : Sharon Shinn (2017). “Heart of Gold”, p.146, Hachette UK
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“We could in the United States make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good.”
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“I don't want to spoon-feed the audience, like, "This is the funny guy, this is one you hate, this is the one you like." A lot of movies do that. They don't really give you a choice. They show you the jock, and he's an idiot, and everybody has to hate him. You have no choice.”
Source : Source: www.avclub.com
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“I've never missed a gig yet. Music makes people happy, and that's why I go on doing it - I like to see everybody smile.”
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“Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.”