"Listen, then make up your own mind."

-- Gay Talese

“Putin got lucky with the Sochi Olympics - it didn't fail, it was a great spectacle - and then he thought, "Why not grab Crimea?" And ended up getting stuck. If he had been a wise man, he wouldn't have done that. Of course, then he wouldn't have held the Olympics, either.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.”

Source : Interview with Anna Smith, www.ign.com. April 18, 2008.
“My mom and dad have had a huge impact on my life, so I look up to them. As a actor, I would say Hugh Jackman.”

Source : Source: hollywoodlife.com
“If you want to know what's really going on in a society or ideology, follow the money. If money is flowing to advertising instead of musicians, journalists, and artists, then a society is more concerned with manipulation than truth or beauty.”

Source : Jaron Lanier (2010). “You Are Not a Gadget”, p.83, Vintage
“I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.”

Source : Interview with John Garcia, thecolumnonline.com.
“There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
“I think right now the way society's going, I think role models are important, and kids need direction. If I didn't have that direction growing up, who knows what I could be doing, because I've been lost many times in my life, and I've had to have someone guide me back on the right path.”
“But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.”

Source : David James Duncan (2010). “The Brothers K”, p.516, Dial Press

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