"I did a small, small thing in Quiz Show, where I was really just a glorified extra. But, you know, New York actor, few days on a film set: Great! I was probably making subway fare on the play that I was doing at the time. I always think of The Underneath as the first film that I ever did."

-- William Fichtner

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“Unless we stop the degradation of our oceans, marine ecological systems will begin collapsing and when enough of them fail, the oceans will die. And if the oceans die, then civilization collapses and we all die”
“My "heart". Does that pitiful organ still represent anything? It lies motionless in my chest, pumping no blood, serving no purpose, and yet my feelings still seem to originate inside its cold walls. My muted sadness, my vague longing, my rare flickers of joy. They pool in the center of my chest and seep out of there, diluted and faint, but real.”
“New Yorkers are so impersonal, if it wasn't for muggings there wouldn't be any contact at all!”
“What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish a new economy. The causes of the war were: envy, greed, and fear.”

Source : "The Second World War, 1939-1945: a strategical and tactical history". Book by J. F. C. Fuller, 1948.
“It's definitely the hardest tackle I've taken in my life but I'm still breathing and that's a good sign.”
“Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid.”
“One doesn't have to understand in order to look. One has to look, in order to understand.”

Source : Robert Charles Wilson (2000). “The Perseids and Other Stories”, p.79, Macmillan
“Dads should lead their family in the right ways of thinking. In this case, it wouldâ€™ve been nice if the President wouldâ€™ve helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee.”

Source : "Bristol Palin Slams Obama's Gay Marriage Stance: It's Based on 'Too Many Episodes of Glee'" by Todd Gilchrist, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 10, 2012.

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