"He's my elvis. I idolize Nusrat, he's a god, too"

-- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

“Editing is a very tough period. You're confronted with yourself. It's a deep, dark, truthful mirror.”
“I think it was the one thing I didnâ€™t like about him or about guys in general: when a girl says she doesnâ€™t want to talk about it, the truth is that she usually does. I wanted him to pry it out of me. Of course, I wouldâ€™ve pretended to be a little angry that he didnâ€™t just leave me alone, but eventually I wouldâ€™ve told him, when I was tired of pretending.”
“I try to make my things aesthetically pleasing; but, if it isnâ€™t functional, people will â€˜ooâ€™ and â€˜aahâ€™ over it in an exhibit but they wonâ€™t buy it. â€¦ My feeling is a chair has to be functional and comfortable for tall and short alike.”
“We stand tallest when we stoop to help others.”
“Because the reward is worth the risk.”

Source : Susan Mallery (2012). “Straight from the Hip”, p.167, Harlequin
“I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils it guards against are not only old, they are with us now, they exist today.”
“Non-conformity is the only real passion worth being ruled by.”
“I've been in on the beginning, the rise, peak, collapse and end of the talking picture.”

Source : Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Brian Dauth (2008). “Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Interviews”, p.160, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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