"To be a feminist is to be alive"

“Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place they're capable of anything.”

Source : "Fictional character: Noah Cross". "Chinatown", www.imdb.com. 1974.

“Growing up, I was prone to anxiety.”

“Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains on your body, because the chains are on your mind.”

“There are so many angles to follow up: government incompetence, sophisticated charity scams, how insurance companies treat victims, construction of the levees, who will start ripping off the billions of dollars available in new contracts. Every single one of these stories is going to be a big one.”

“He owned a whole world full of memories, of lovely moments relived and happy recollections. I'm not saying he was happy or that he didn't suffer. He suffered very much, but he did not despair; he still drew nourishment from what he had been given. But the sadness never left him. Happiness needs more than memories of the past to feed on; it also needs dreams of the future.”

“Diplomacy without military might is like music without instruments.”

“In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex to produce baby oil droplets or coal nuggets.”

“I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.”

Source : "R.I.P. Eli Wallach (1915-2014): Watch Oscar Acceptance Speech, Career Profile, Movie Clips & More" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. June 25, 2014.