"The great irony is that women are accused of making romantic comedies, as if it's a bad thing, but [(500) Days of Summer] Marc Webb makes a romantic comedy and he gets Spider-Man [as his next project]. Are you kidding me? You cannot win."

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Source : "Women Directors Nearly Absent in 2013 Awards Season" by Robert Abele, variety.com. December 11, 2013.

Manohla Dargis

#Summer Quotes #Men Quotes #Winning Quotes

“Meaningful relationships are worth more than hundred-dollar trees, and they deserve all the time, effort, and energy they need to become strong and beautiful. Then, once the roots are well established, such relationships can continue to grow-even under difficult circumstances. Trust and understanding will nurture the relationship, and eventually, the flowers of love will blossom and bear sweet fruit.”
“When we trace the part of which this terrestrial system is composed, and when we view the general connection of those several parts, the whole presents a machine of a peculiar construction by which it is adapted to a certain end. We perceive a fabric, erected in wisdom, to obtain a purpose worthy of the power that is apparent in the production of it.”

Source : James Hutton (1795). “Theory of the Earth: With Proofs and Illustrations”, p.109, Library of Alexandria
“Despite all their fears, we ask very little of the ones who never loved us. We do not ask for sympathy or pain or compassion. We simply want to know why.”

Source : Andrew Sean Greer (2007). “The Confessions of Max Tivoli: A Novel”, p.120, Macmillan
“Near a war is always not very near.”
“War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.”
“We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about.”

Source : "The Education Week Interview: Margaret Spellings". Interview with Lynn Olson, Erik W. Robelen, www.edweek.org. February 9, 2005.
“Well, in the first place, military service, they don't call it service for nothing. You are actually serving your country. And it is a worthy and valid vocation.”
“Early childhood education begins early, even before birth.”

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