"My taxes alone keep eight lawyers busy, and when I finally get my money, its only one-third of what I earn. With the kids in school and my other responsibilities, I get no change back from the first million dollars. The money flows out like water."

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Robert Shaw

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“My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.”
“Pope Francis insists that mercy is at the very top of the Christian hierarchy of great truths, and everything falls apart whenever mercy is displaced by anything else.”
“Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.”

Source : Lawrence Hill (2009). “The Book of Negroes”, p.429, Random House
“I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.”

Source : "What I know about men". Interview with Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2008.
“With a girl, there's a lot left in the girl's body without a head. Of course, the personality is gone.”
“I think most good music has got some kind of crossover-potential. It feels nice to know that there are more people than those into dance-music that are listening to what I've made.”

Source : Interview with Dominique Leone, pitchfork.com. September 29, 2008.
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.”
“If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.”

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