"When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol. So, a movie like 'The Artist' that costs $14 million, has to go out and compete with movies that cost $140 million. How does David deal with Goliath?"

-- Harvey Weinstein

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“We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.”

Source : Djuna Barnes (2014). “Nightwood”, p.38, Faber & Faber
“The government is not doing anything to help the country to heal. The government is just making cosmetic changes.”
“Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other's sight, but in their own.”
“How can I be expected to love someone who tries such crude manipulations as bringing me breakfast in bed?”
“You have more and more people coming into the tent with the creative guys [on Hollywood films]. You have marketing and concept testers, advertising people. What you find gets the high numbers is easily appealing subjects: a baby, a big broad joke, a high concept. Everything is tested. The effect is to lessen the gamble, but in fact you destroy a writer's confidence and creativity once so many people are invited into the tent.”
“But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.”
“Those new regions [America] which we found and explored with the fleet . . . we may rightly call a New World . . . a continent more densely peopled and abounding in animals than our Europe or Asia or Africa; and, in addition, a climate milder than in any other region known to us.”

Source : Mundus Novus (1503) (translation by G. T. Northup)
“I always tell people, it's never too late to start saving for retirement. It's not that important how much you have already saved. What's important is that you start saving. And save as much as you can. You will be amazed at how quickly it will build up.”

Source : Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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