"If you're afraid of movies that excite your senses, you're afraid of movies."

-- Pauline Kael

“I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.”
“... when he kissed her, she received the kiss without returning it, her eyes wide open, not afraid, not a virgin's eyes, just flat and uninvolved.”
“When I did play, I tried to make the most of it.”
“Oh, what is young love! The urge of the race. A blaze that ends in babies or ashes.”
“I must show no fear, no weakness, no doubt.”
“The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial one in any love story.”
“Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.”
“When I follow the finals of the European Cups, I look at all the aspects surrounding protocol, to get some ideas. I am interested in personalities, sponsors and the stands. But as soon as the whistle goes, it's all on the pitch.”

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