"For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he knows he is at the end. If a lion chases you to the bank of a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side. But you would not accept such odds if there were no lion."

-- Christiaan Barnard

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“I think if you're writing a play, it should be its own end game; you'll never get to do a good one unless you know it's not a blueprint for a film; you're not going to get the action right and the story right.”

Source : "Interview: Martin McDonagh On A ‘Pillowman’ Movie, ‘Seven Psychopaths’ And The Genius Of Sam Rockwell". Interview with Oliver Lyttelton, www.indiewire.com. December 6, 2012.
“Without the heart itâ€™s not worship, itâ€™s a stage play.”
“Too much of nothing, it just makes a fellow mean.”
“Prison opened my eyes to so many things. It was a great time. I met interesting people. I got to understand the behaviour of the police and the media. I am an observer of the human race.”
“It may sound funny, but I love the South. I don't choose to live anywhere else. There's land here, where a man can raise cattle, and I'm going to do it some day. There are lakes where a man can sink a hook and fight the bass. There is room here for my children to play and grow, and become good citizens-if the white man will let them....”
“I am not a fan of books.”
“After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry.”
“Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?”

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