"Memories are the height of poetry only when they are memories of happiness. When they graze wounds over which scars have formed they become an aching pain."

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Source : Ivan Goncharov (2006). “Oblomov: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.214, ReadHowYouWant.com

Ivan Goncharov

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“It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.”

Source : "Jake 'The Snake' Roberts". Interview with Jon Robertson, www.ign.com. December 18, 2003.
“So in 1987 I gave up all animal products and became a vegan. Simply so that I could eat and live in accordance with my beliefs that animals have their own lives, that they're entitled to their own lives and that contributing to animal suffering is something that I don't want to be a part of.”
“You want to have enough of a profile to be able to do all the work you can, but at the same time you want to have your own space. But there are a lot of actors who achieve it, a lot of movie stars even, people like Emily Watson and Cate Blanchett. They seem to be able to carry on with their lives and still produce wonderful, high-profile work.”

Source : Source: www.rogerebert.com
“Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?”
“In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World.”
“You can go bang a ball against a wall all you want, but how do you become a better team player? By playing other team sports.”
“Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation to sin.”
“I was born in Georgia. That's where my grandparents-and all my people-are from. But my family traveled a great deal because my dad was in the army as a helicopter pilot.”

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