"The fierce ambitions of Carver Dana Andrews, son of a Baptist preacher, might well have been imagined by Horatio Alger, Jr.-- or Samuel Goldwyn-- but not the hidden costs behind those achievements. Carl Rollyson compassionately captures the man behind the movie star."

-- Marion Meade

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“Lower case Ss are notoriously difficult to get right. But in Helvetica it's not straight - you want to go in there and tighten it up. And the 'a' looks so woolly and ill-conceived, it really winds me up.”
“Let's have a partnership, Kate. I offer honesty, Kate. I don't have have outrun the Beast Lord I just pissed off, Kate. I only have to outrun you and hit you with my car as I hightail it out of here.”
“The peacock in all his pride does not display half the colors that appear in the garments of a British lady when she is dressed.”
“To defend what you've written is a sign that you are alive.”
“Do," said Louisa finally, "whatever you can't not do.”
“I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.”

Source : Jean Sibelius' remarks to Jussi Jalas, August 27, 1943.
“You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences and plot a course. There must be strategies, the researchers, the professionals to carry out the program. That's our role.”
“Women don't have an expiration date.”

Source : "Happy Birthday: Wendie Malick Turns 60!". Interview with Monica Rizzo, people.com. December 13, 2010.

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