"When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television."

-- Francis Ford Coppola

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Television Quotes

“I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems would travel. I didn't go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic.”
“Never let your fiend off his leash unless there's lots of room to run (and no people around).”
“At first when you start a company, everything's gonna feel like a mess and it really should. It should feel like everyday there's a new problem, and what you're doing is fundamentally triaging.”
“In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities.”
“Sometimes I take the watch, or I take the shoes, but usually the souvenir is to take the life you had with those directors, or the crew - the camera person, the lighting person. When you finish a film it's like a little death. You had a family for a bit, and you finish the movie and you probably will never see each other again.”
“I have a personal trainer who comes over at least four times a week and kicks my butt. I get so sore that I can't even walk.”
“Seeing twilight fall should be prescribed by doctors.”

Source : Marlene Dietrich (2012). “Marlene Dietrich's ABC: Wit, Wisdom, & Recipes”, p.121, Open Road Media
“No creature needs to be threatened with death to act in accord with its own nature”

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