"I learned everything I know about plot from Dame Agatha (Christie)."

-- Connie Willis

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“The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.”

Source : John Marshall (1974). “The Papers of John Marshall: Correspondence, papers, and selected judicial opinions, March 1814-December 1819”, The University of North Carolina Press
“After each creative act one has to be sustained by one's strength of character, by a moral sense, by I don't know what, lest one tumble.”
“I thought I was the only one who still enjoyed his record collection, but after reading 'How Records Got Their Groove Back,' I happily discovered I was wrong. There is something familiar about my old vinyl. Call it nostalgia, but I don't care for the 'purity' of CDs. They have no personality! The crackle and pop of the stylus on a record player as you wait for the music to begin creates an anticipation that CDs simply can't provide.”
“I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.”
“After doing 'Firefly' and moving on, I always wanted to be part of a series again. I love doing films, too, but there's just something special about being part of the team and feeling like you're actually a part of the family, and I always look to re-create that.”

Source : "‘Firefly’: Summer Glau reflects on Joss Whedon, sci-fi women and River’s edge". Interview with Noelene Clark, herocomplex.latimes.com. May 3, 2011.
“Grateful to The Kerry Gaynor Method for saving my manager's life. He quit smoking thanks to their genius Method.”
“Sigur Ros make beautiful music. Bloc Party are fantastic and exciting and innovative.”
“The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it.”

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