"They call themselves Sephardic Jews, but that's not the important thing. The important thing is that some come from the Muslim world and some come from the Christian world. I would call them the Muslim Jews and the Christian Jews. It sounds absurd but you know what I mean."

-- Bernard Lewis

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“Anybody can be unhappy. We can all be hurt. You don't have to be poor to need something or somebody. Rednecks, hippies, misfits - we're all the same. Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people, regardless.”
“People who need to possess the physical copy of a book, and not merely an electronic version, are in some sense mysteics. We believe that the objects themselves are sacred, not just the stories they tell. We believe that books possess the power to transubstantiate, to turn darkness into light, to make being out of nothingness.”
“Grown-ups have developed an unpleasant habit of comforting themselves for their degradation by pretending that children are childish.”
“Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And I always tell them, 'Well, maybe but I'm French. So it's going to be hard to be someone else.”

Source : "‘Beginners’ Star Mélanie Laurent Talks Working With Ewan McGregor, Mike Mills & A Hateful Dog" by Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. June 3, 2011.
“The people that matter to me the most are the people that are in my life. That's who I really learn from, and it's always a very personal kind of connection.”
“I'm glad for the equaled record. However, the final numbers really count.”
“You go from having fun doing something to having it become your life without you realizing it. It can be weird and dark, but every single time I have a dark thought that makes me think dark about that, I tell myself, "Stop, you're stupid. This is great."”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The average personality re-shapes frequently, every few years even our bodies undergo a complete overhaul-desirable or not, it is a natural thing that we should change.”

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