"Seek not the good in external things;seek it in yourselves."

-- Epictetus

“People are so cheap. Everyone wants quality, no one wants to pay for it. Here's the suburban dream-- to hire great workers who are such meek morons that they don't have the guts to ask for a living wage.”
“I think when portraying someone that does exist in real life, there's an amount of respect and you want to do them justice. I don't really care what anybody says out there about what I did in the film; I care what these guys thought about what I did. If I'm making them happy, then I know I'm on the right track.”
“Living on hope is like being hungry all the time.”

Source : Faith Sullivan (1985). “Mrs. Demming and the Mythical Beast”, MacMillan Publishing Company
“Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.”
“It depends on your specific conception of God, because belief can equally well leave you with this constant sense that you're coming up short and you're being judged and you're not doing quite the perfect thing. You know, I was brought up very religiously, and I never totally lost that sense, you know, that I'm screwing up.”
“Al Gore won the popular vote and didn't get elected president, so I'm not going to sit here and kill myself over not winning Defensive Player of the Year.”

Source : "Warriors’ Green second in Defensive Player voting". www.eastbaytimes.com. April 23, 2015.
“Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.”
“An intelligence service is the ideal vehicle for a conspiracy.”

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