"It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things?"

“When you make your peace with authority, you become authority.”

“Shut up, Julius! I mean, quiet a moment, Commander.”

“The first typical adolescent of modern times was Wagner's Siegfried. : the music of Siegfried expressed for the first time that combination of (provisional) purity, physical strength, naturism, spontaneity and joie de vivre which was to make the adolescent the hero of our twentieth century, the century of adolescence.”

Source : Philippe Ariès (1962). “Centuries of childhood: a social history of family life”, Vintage

“An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.”

“Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about doing it. Do it. Finish.”

“I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Why do you still feel the need to punish yourself for something that was out of your control?”

“I think L.A. is L.A. I can go anywhere in the world and I'll just say I'm from L.A. But when I'm there I gotta say I'm from Carson.”

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