"Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven."

-- Alice Thomas Ellis

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“Anyone who criticises me for talking about fair trade is a few pebbles short of a beach. Because everyone should care about it, just like everyone should care about the environment, because we all live here.”
“So what'll happen is there'll be some very good cinema experiences are going to see 3D where you have to pay more. And there'll be some bad experiences of going to see movies in 3D. And I just hope that this kind of gold rush mentality doesn't kill what could actually be something that really, really benefits the industry.”
“I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.”

Source : "Paul Merton: 'Am I allowed to call myself working-class now?'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2011.
“I could throw 56-pound words clear across the Grand Canyon. As a matter of course, I went into politics.”

Source : "The Silver-Tongued Sunbeam". Time, June 8, 1962.
“I just wanted to make sure I had the music true to me and the life I'm living and to what I really want to say. That's super important to me.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com
“Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.”
“Buffalo rib-eye steaks, on the grill, is my favorite meal, seriously. It has less fat, more vitamins and more protein than beef. It is wonderful. Look, it was what the Indians ate, and they were very healthy. It's very good meat.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“My photographs are not pure: they are a seething wealth of imperfection.”

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