"I did Air America for two reasons: to be in a movie with Mel Gibson and to make a bunch of money. And then underneath there was the hope that in doing this formulaic thing I would be launched into a whole new realm of opportunity to do A-list movies. By the time we were done, the only positive thing was meeting Mel Gibson."

-- Robert Downey, Jr.

#Cocky Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Air Quotes

“We prefer poverty in liberty than riches in slavery.”
“My life is on loan, like money borrowed from a bank. God is the lender, and He retains the right to call in the loan any time. Though I am responsible for taking care of it, I do not own this life; it is borrowed. Why should I fear its loss or the loss of anything else in this world when I must surrender it all anyway?”
“Each and every one of us who is still lucky enough to have our parents has a duty to them. We do owe them.”
“Cerebration is the enemy of originality in art.”

Source : Martin Ritt, Gabriel Miller (2003). “Martin Ritt: Interviews”, p.205, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“Be who you were born to be - it's what living things do.”
“The Bible is the story of two gardens. Eden and Gethsemane. In the first, Adam took a fall. In the second, Jesus took a stand.”
“life lived only for oneself does not truly satisfy men or women. There is a hunger in Americans today for larger purposes beyond the self. That is the reason for the religious revival and the new resonance of 'family.”
“Love is the kiss in the quiet nest while the leaves are trembling, mirrored in the water.”

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