"Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits."

-- John Calvin

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“I love working with young artists. Jacob Latimore was the first kid that I auditioned. After he walked out, I turned to my husband and said, "I think that's the kid. I don't know if I have to look any further. He's the one!" He's a real star.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com
“There are innumerable worlds of different sizes. In some there is neither sun not moon, in others they are larger than in ours and others have more than one. These worlds are at irregular distances, more in one direction and less in another, and some are flourishing, others declining. Here they come into being, there they die, and they are distroyed by collision with one another. Some of the worlds have no animal or vegetable life nor any water.”
“For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well.”
“Most inner-oriented artists share a common characteristic, a certain quality of obsession.”
“To expect to increase prices and then to maintain them at a higher level by means of a plan which must of necessity increase production while decreasing consumption is to fly in the face of an economic law as well established as any law of nature.”
“You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.”

Source : Lee Child (2001). “Echo Burning: A Jack Reacher Novel”, p.107, Penguin
“With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.”

Source : "Art Spiegelman: The Sky Is Falling". Interview with Steven Heller, www.aiga.org. October 01, 2004.
“It was like two drunks in a back alley throwing punches at each other.”

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