"Los Angeles is not Mexico City, but we have many fine nightclubs and restaurants here. It is enough. One must not aim too high."

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Source : Ry Cooder (2013). “Los Angeles Stories”, p.54, City Lights Books

Ry Cooder

#Cities Quotes #Mexico Quotes #Los Angeles Quotes

“Simply by our proximity to Jesus, we can bring hope and life to people and places trapped in discouragement and despair.”
“It's gratifying that people are watching that [Veep] intently and that hard. So it's been really nice and it's been really fun.”

Source : Source: deadline.com
“If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bitterly and with a more genuine intonation.”
“Love is an ugly, terrible business practiced by fools. Itâ€™ll trample your heart and leave you bleeding on the floor. And what does it really get you in the end? Nothing but a few incredible memories that you canâ€™t ever shake. The truth is, thereâ€™s gonna be other girls out there. I mean, I hope. But Iâ€™m never gonna get another first love. That one is always gonna be her.”

Source : "Little Manhattan". www.imdb.com. 2005.
“The first time I remember our being socially in the same place was after we graduated and [author, investment counselor, philanthropist, and fellow 1950s Yalie] Peter Wolf had a party at his house in the Hamptons.”
“I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.”
“I was amazed at the support that I got when I was in there. And when I came out people knew that I was back on track. I was interested in working again.”
“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”

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