"The essence of a quote is the compression of a mass of thought and observation into a single saying."

-- John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

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“We have achieved two of the three alchemists' dreams: We have transmuted the elements and learned to fly. Immortality is next.”
“There's no room for failure performing [stand-up] for a black audience. If you don't get them right away it's tough winning them back even if you're doing top-notch material. If you didn't win them right when you walked out there, it's tough.”
“Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths.”
“I prefer a dirty victory to a noble defeat.”
“Maybe I'll put my iPod in two minutes before. But truly, I've listened to actors say that they loved to listen to music before a shot, and I really understand that now because it puts you in the mood and gives you energy”

Source : "‘The Artist’ Director Michel Hazanavicius and Star Berenice Bejo". Interview with Raffi Asdourian, thefilmstage.com. May 18, 2011.
“If religion and churches are truly threats to our liberties, how did those liberties survive, and in such healthy condition, all those years of classroom prayer and Bible-reading?”
“Another way in which our system is unfair. Why do Iowans get so much of a bigger voice every four years than everybody else? Ditto for New Hampshire. There are proposals and it could well happen that we could have a rotating calendar where different years different states went first. I would endorse that.”

Source : Source: to.pbs.org
“I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not.”

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