"The scenery in the play was beautiful, but the actors got in front of it."

-- Alexander Woollcott

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“There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.”
“In fact, on a side note, after the success of the first record, I got asked to write for some pop artists, as everybody does, and I did a couple songs for some of these massive stars and the review that I got back was, "This artist likes the song but it's too POP-y for them." I was like, "What do you mean, I thought I was writing for a pop star."”
“Failure will never stand int he way of success if you learn from it.”
“Los Angeles is an industry town, and it has great facilities and personnel. The disadvantage is that everyone there seems to talk about the same subject matter.”
“Loosing you would be the only thing that could destroy me”
“I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.”
“If by chance people would still offer me roles, I'd still like to do them. But if not, that's OK.”

Source : "Emmanuelle Riva: 'You don't say no to a film like Amour'". Interview With Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2012.
“Atheist isn't really the right word because they tended to believe in some sort of Enlightenment, capital 'N' Nature kind of god. But these were people who in their times were criticized as infidels.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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