"What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators...."

“Much like photographs, I also love the idea that ghosts are memories frozen in time. We can be haunted by both just as horrifically. One really becomes a metaphor for the other.”

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“as a child i suppose i was not quite normal. my happiest times were when i was left alone in the house on a saturday.”

“If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human things of life well lost if only he may attain something, do some good, great work, then I was never an artist.”

Source : Dame Ellen Terry (1908). “The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections”

“My government currently runs things only because the people 'allow' them to run things. It is my responsibility that I do everything I can to keep tabs on my government, keep them honest and make sure that they always act for the good of the people. They must be reminded that they hold no power over the people that the people do not wish for them to hold. If the government begins working in a way that the people don't agree with, they must be made to know that we will rip it to its very foundations and replace it with something that does.”

“Well, I'm directing a lot of television these days.”

Source : "'Growing Pains' Cast Reunion". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. February 7, 2006.

“I think I wanted to be on Top Gear from a fairly young age because I loved cars and I wanted to do something on telly because I loved TV. I know that I?m ridiculously lucky”

“'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.”

“What's wrong with you? I asked myself. You are a happy person. You are an upbeat sort of person. Men smile at you on the subway, women ask you what shampoo you use. Cheer up for Christ's sake, I told myself, relax, you're fine, be happy, Girl. When I talk to myself I call myself Girl.”