"I am the only actor who ever had to lose weight to play Orson Welles."

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Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Christian McKay

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“Give me bitter years of sickness, Suffocation, insomnia, fever, Take my child and my lover, And my mysterious gift of song This I pray at your liturgy After so many tormented days, So that the stormcloud over darkened Russia Might become a cloud of glorious rays.”
“Neither human wisdom nor divine inspiration can confer upon man any greater blessing than this [live a life of happiness and harmony here on earth].”
“Make yourself a "capacity" and I will make myself a "torrent."”
“I refused to take no for an answer.”
“The Iranian people have a proud past. They merit a great future.”
“Always run after opportunities to create peace between people, to find ways to bridge differences, please. Because as long as one person continues to feel separationâ€¦ â€¦we'll all still feel it. Close the space between you and someone today. Seeing their essential goodness helps a lot.”

Source : FaceBook post by Yehuda Berg from May 24, 2011
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.”

Source : Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).
“I don't buy the 'cynical voice'; I think we've had too much of that over the past few years; it's become deadening. I'm a passionate person, who is not afraid to express emotion in print.”

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