"The truth of course was otherwise, but Lecha had never felt she owed anyone the truth, unless it was truth about their own lives, and then they had to pay her to tell them."

-- Leslie Marmon Silko

“Electronics were rascals, and they lay awake nights trying to find some way to screw you during the day. You could not reason with them. They had a brain and intestines, but no heart.”
“Always work with the present moment, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.”
“My advice to women is the same advice I would give to any young man trying to make it in the business of making film: Engage your fans and turn your fans into your community. Realize that we all have failures and can turn those failures into successes through tenacity and through being open to changing. Stick to your story, and choose subject matter that is close to you, touches your heart and your agenda in life, listen carefully and don't give up. Don't sacrifice your vision. Be open but don't sacrifice - for anything, actually.”
“I love the rabbit hole. I spend a lot of time looking at images, Google mapping, etc. I also love to read court transcripts, FBI files, stuff like that. You go through vast, boring stretches, but the voices are always so fascinating and slowly a story begins to emerge. It's very much like playing detective.”
“Man plans. God laughs.”
“I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really trust my instincts. I like to talk and talk and talk until we have to do it. I feel the same about theater.”

Source : "Three Close-Ups at a Good Moment: Carice van Houten". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.
“I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, 'Have you read - .'”
“Embrace change. Envision what could be, challenge the status quo, and drive creative destruction.”

Source : Charles G. Koch (2007). “The Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's Largest Private Company”, p.80, John Wiley & Sons

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