"During war, the laws are silent."

-- Quintus Tullius Cicero

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“Playing solo is difficult because you have to keep the momentum yourself. You have to continue to create and develop, so it forces you to stretch in a variety of ways.”
“If you're going to be typed, there are worse molds in which you can be cast.”
“In trying to become 'objective,' Western culture made 'objects' of things and people when it distanced itself from them, thereby losing 'touch' with them.”
“The score a player reports on any hole should always be regarded as his opening offer.”
“I feel cheesy when I see 'Silver Spoons.' Some of it was funny, but some of it was just cheese! My kids love it, but I look at it and cringe.”
“Despair is your friend in show business. I don't believe you can act if happiness is your lot. It's the ups that keep you living and the downs that mete out talent.”

Source : Ruth Gordon (1980). “Ruth Gordon, an open book”, Doubleday Books
“I enjoy the old-fashioned idea of, like, His Girl Friday and Bringing Up Baby, those old movies.”

Source : Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2011.
“The profession of music is lacking in horse sense, not only because the commonplace variety of horse is absent from its operations, but because parts of the horse are noticeably present.”

Source : Harry Partch, Thomas McGeary (2000). “Bitter Music: Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos”, p.174, University of Illinois Press

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