"Did any great genius ever enter the world in the wake of commonplace pre-natal conditions? Was a maker of history ever born amidst the pleasant harmonies of a satisfied domesticity? Of a mother who was less than remarkable, although she may have escaped being great? Did a woman with no wildness in her blood ever inform a brain with electric fire? The students of history know that while many mothers of great men have been virtuous, none have been commonplace, and few have been happy."

-- Gertrude Atherton

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“I like to look at scenarios and see how people interact with each other. That's why I'm an actor because I try to recreate that. Since our daughter joined us the spectrum has widened.”

Source : "Colin Hanks gets "Lucky" with killer film, TV show". Interview with Zorianna Kit, www.reuters.com. July 15, 2011.
“How is it that this debate has been twisted on its head, that somehow those that advocate peace and diplomacy are anti-American?”
“Englishmen have a genius for looking uncomfortable. Their feelings are terribly mixed up with their personal appearance.”

Source : Sara Jeannette Duncan (2012). “A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')”, p.165, tredition
“I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working on a show with Chita Rivera. It keeps you on your toes because it's different every time.”

Source : "PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Terrence McNally". Interview with Harry Haun, www.playbill.com. March 26, 2011.
“En France particulie'Â rement, les mots ont plus d'empire que les ideÂ es. In France particularly, words reign over ideas.”
“a writer doesn't only need the time when he's actually writing - he or she has got to have time to think and time just to let things work out. Nothing is worse for this than society. Nothing is worse for this than the abrasive, if enjoyable, effect of other people.”
“I believe only and alone in the service of Jesus Christ. In him is all refuge and solace.”
“I think we need to find a way to provide people with a reason that the average man on the street can grasp and embrace, that would cause him to move away from the centuries-old idea of the individual and individualism, and move toward a different concept of what it means to be human in a collective society. Unless he has that reason, unless he has a fundamental reason to do that, it's going to be very difficult to cause him to make that shift, in my view.”

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