"I learned to stop being English about things like love. If you make a film in England about love, it's hugely complicated. It's all about saying what the weather is like, and you're secretly telling someone you love them. You know what the English are like; they're very repressed people. You don't get that in India. India is incredibly un-cynical about love. It's a not a complicated thing. It's me, you, love. Let's go."

-- Simon Beaufoy

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“The Wisconsin senator gets up and says out loud what half of the country is thinking and talks about every day. This President broke the law and lied about it; he trashed the Constitution and hides himself in the flag.”
“It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri.”

Source : Alastair Reynolds (2009). “Revelation Space”, p.357, Hachette UK
“Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.”
“It's really intimidating to go on the beach in a bikini.”

Source : "Helena Christensen: 'Like Any Woman, I Worry About My Body'". Interview with Emma Sibbles, fashion.telegraph.co.uk. July 13, 2011.
“Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business.”
“I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art.”
“Words at night were feral things.”

Source : Joy Williams (2016). “The Visiting Privilege”, p.247, Profile Books
“A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers. The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?' The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'”

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