"It was with the utmost difficulty that ancient Rome could support the institution of six vestals; but the primitive church was filled with a great number of persons of either sex who had devoted themselves to the profession of perpetual chastity."

-- Edward Gibbon

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“You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I could seize them with my hands - out in the open air, in the woods, while walking, in the silence of the nights, at dawn, excited by moods which are translated by the poet into words, by me into tones that sound and roar and storm about me till I have set them down in notes.”
“Lots of guys don't like Jacques Plante, but he has been good to me. He's always by himself, you know, and how can you hate a guy when you never see him?”
“I still marvel at how God turns dreams into reality.”
“I'd rather people love me or hate me than have no opinion of me. Indifference is scary.”
“Flowers are an education in a vase.”
“You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.”

Source : Lisa Gardner (2010). “Live to Tell: A Detective D. D. Warren Novel”, p.87, Bantam
“As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.”
“I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.”

Source : "On the Cover: Javier Bardem". Interview with Michael Paterniti, www.gq.com. September 20, 2012.

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