"Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art."

-- Susan Sontag

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“It is not the fault of the entrepreneurs that the consumers,the people, the common man,prefer liquor to Bibles and detective stories to serious books, and that governments prefer guns to butter. The entrepreneur does not make greater profits in selling bad things than in selling good things. His profits are the greater the better he succeeds in providing the consumers with those things they ask for most intensely.”
“The big deal is we think the power is in us individuallythe power is in us collectively. It is in the church.”
“I just live one day at a time.”
“I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.”

Source : "Made in Japan : Akio Morita and Sony" by Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura, (p. 146), 1986.
“I lost many a role to actresses who couldnt do the job one-hundredth as good as I could.”
“age means nothing. If anything I feel that I'm still a child: eternity and childhood are my ages.”

Source : Marguerite Yourcenar, Matthieu Galey (1984). “With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey”, Boston : Beacon Press
“One lives everything down in time.”

Source : Arthur B. Reeve, R. Austin Freeman, John Russell Fearn, Cleveland Moffett, Samuel Hopkins Adams (2012). “The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Tales of Detection”, p.3069, Wildside Press LLC
“I'll always remember the day I broke ninety. I had a few beers in the clubhouse and was so excited I forgot to play the back nine.”

Source : Bruce Lansky (2011). “Golf, It's Just a Game: The Best Quotes & Cartoons About Golf”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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