"I always knew writing a novel was a great thing."

-- James Salter

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“For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested in watching a good film.”
“I like the idea of going to university and studying. I didn't do it because it was a back-up plan. In some ways, it kind of goes hand in hand with acting. There's a lot of analysis and enriching your mind, as well as problem solving. And it can only help being around people as an actor.”
“There is no question there are differences between male and female brains. They are called sexual dimorphisms and you can point to different anatomical structures.”

Source : "Big Think Panel Discussion on Autism". Interview with Susan Wilczynski, bigthink.com.
“Oh yeah, the heartbreak diet.... Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.”

Source : Alexandra Potter (2004). “Calling Romeo”, p.310, Simon and Schuster
“Perhaps the greatest gift we can offer each other is a second chance.”
“God is not only to be known in His blessed and incomprehensible being, for this is something which is reserved for His saints in the age to come. He is also known from the grandeur and beauty of His creatures, from His providence which governs the world day by day, from His righteousness and from wonders which He shows to His saints in each generation.”
“It is a common law of nature, which no time will ever change, that superiors shall rule their inferiors.”
“Envy and resentment are terribly corrosive passions. To suffer at the sight or even the thought of others' enjoyment of life makes one a committed enemy of human happiness. Such people end up being practically a curse upon the human race. They vandalize life, exerting themselves not in the pursuit of gain or pleasure, but to hinder others' enjoyment.”

Source : Robert Sheaffer (1991). “The Making of the Messiah: Christianity and Resentment”

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