"Understand then all of you, especially the young, that to want to impose an imaginary state of government on others by violence is not only a vulgar superstition, but even a criminal work. Understand that this work, far from assuring the well-being of humanity is only a lie, a more or less unconscious hypocrisy, camouflaging the lowest passions we posses."

-- Leo Tolstoy

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“I've never sought to be on an A-list. I've done my own thing and my own thing has thankfully now brought me an audience.”

Source : "Becky Sharp is like me - a survivor" by Geoffrey Macnab, www.theguardian.com. December 29, 2004.
“Everybody wants to play his natural position and play every day, but in the world of professional sports that's not always possible.”
“Even in traditional filmmaking, you're always trying to find novel ways of telling stories, and this is different.”
“As your temptations become greater, so does your ability to make responsible choices.”
“God answers first the prayers we should have prayed.”
“I want to say a simple thing, that the dividing line exists not between Jordan and Israel, but between the proponents of peace and the opponents of peace.”
“I was too young to understand who Sam[uel L.] Jackson was or who Bruce Willis was, who Jeremy Irons was at the time. All I knew was that they were good to me then.”
“You always want to have good balance. Thats the key to winning a Super Bowl. You look at the teams who have won championships, you got to have balance. So, to be able to run the ball effectively and throw the ball effectively is what gives you the chance to win a world championship.”

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