"I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me."

-- Rachel Cusk

“A government creates its own revolution. There can be no revolt without it.”

Source : "The Anarchist Cookbook". Book by William Powell, Chapter Two: "Electronics, Sabotage, and Surveillance", 1971.
“I never really like the characters I play. I only come to love them afterwards”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We were put here as witnesses to the miracle of life. We see the stars, and we want them. We are beholden to give back to the universe.... If we make landfall on another star system, we become immortal.”
“Transitions themselves are not the issue, but how well you respond to their challenges!”
“I've been playing the CNN Drinking Game, have you ever played that? Where you do a shot every time George Bush says the word "evil"? Oh, I'm a wreck! You gotta do a double shot every time he says "evildoers". Chug the bottle for "axis of evil". Are you a president or an exorcist?!”
“Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!”
“I know enough about the moon to know how unpleasant and inhospitable it is. . . . I know enough about Mars to know that you can't live there, you can't settle it. Mars and the moon are two ugly islands. So then, you say, what's the point of going to them? The point is to be able to say I've been there, I've set foot on them, and I can go further to look for beautiful islands.”
“The truth is - I found myself doing these huge action-adventure movies, and um, and which are cool man. And I really love doing them. And thankfully I haven't had too much dialogue, because if I had I would have really made a mess of it. You know what I mean?”

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