"One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you."

-- Oprah Winfrey

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“You don't read Gatsby, I said, to learn whether adultery is good or bad but to learn about how complicated issues such as adultery and fidelity and marriage are. A great novel heightens your senses and sensitivity to the complexities of life and of individuals, and prevents you from the self-righteousness that sees morality in fixed formulas about good and evil.”

Source : Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.133, Random House
“I've got one idea I want to do for a film and you know I just enjoy myself doing bits and pieces.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I spent hours as a kid on the putting green of the local golf course imagining I was sinking a putt to win the Masters.”

Source : Skysports.com Interview, www.skysports.com. July 3, 2011.
“'Eraserhead' is a weird, horrible nightmare, and it doesn't narratively make sense. Stuff's happening, but you honestly feel like you're in a nightmare, and it has such disturbing imagery that it stays with you forever once you've seen it.”
“A lot of people come to L.A. looking for something. What I came here for, I realize now, is to be okay with myself.”
“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
“If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.”

Source : "Straight From The Heart". Book by Jean Chrétien, 1985.

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