"In the future there are going to be no pretty girls, for the simple reason there will be no plain girls against which to contrast them. Of late I have done some systematic reading of ladies papers. The plain girl submits to a course of "treatment." In eighteen months she bursts upon Society an acknowledged beauty."

-- Jerome K. Jerome

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“One has to have a complicated kind of optimism. You can't refuse to look at how horrible things are.”

Source : Tony Kushner, Robert Vorlicky (1998). “Tony Kushner in Conversation”, p.148, University of Michigan Press
“People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself.”
“No matter what the situation, winning takes care of a lot of stuff. Things are never perfect, even when you win. But it does make for a lot better environment, for sure.”
“I've learned that nobody is either all good or all evil. We all make mistakes, but we all are also capable of accomplishing extraordinary things.”

Source : "The Exes’ Kelly Stables: Giving Her Heart to Faith, Motherhood, and the Arts". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Man is the merriest species of the creation; all above or below him are serious.”
“I grew up with an impatience with the anti-scientific. So I'm a bit miffed with our current love affair with all things Eastern. If I sneeze on the set, 40 people hand me echinacea. But I'd no sooner take that than eat a pencil. Maybe that's why I took up boxing. It's my response to men in white pajamas feeling each other's chi.”
“After Ive sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take anywhere from a few hours to a few months.”
“Believe it or not, philosophy has consequences.”

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