"How many unuttered words died in the heads of those for whom a word was too expensive."

-- Dejan Stojanovic

“The best way to learn about wine is in the drinking”
“Something like this will test you like nothing else," Mac said. "You're going to find out who you are, Harry. You're going to find out which principles you'll stand by to your death--and which lines you'll cross." He took my empty glass away and said, "You're heading into the badlands. It'll be easy to get lost.”
“I think the only productive way to approach characters, and frankly people in life, is through empathy. The minute we call someone a villain, we are choosing to part with empathy and that can be a slippery slope, both as an actor and a human being.”
“Jazz is not about getting and playing whatever notes you want. It is about reworking themes in a manner that sounds good, that can be followed by the other musicians and that the audience enjoys. You cannot do that without first acquiring skills.”

Source : Interview with Joel Kurtzman, www.strategy-business.com. October 1, 1996.
“The natural man perceiveth not the things of the Spirit, and he cannot know them, for they are foolishness unto him.”
“I can't stand purple. It doesn't suit me.”
“Both success and struggle are different kinds of trauma.”
“Our sainted aunts prate of living for others while our rich uncles call us mollycoddles for not fighting for what we want. Murder is a patriotic act if you commit it in a uniform; it is the blackest sin if you kill someone while wearing a gray flannel suit.”

Source : Nicholas Samstag (1962). “The Uses of Ineptitude; Or: How Not to Want to Do Better”, Astor-Honor Incorporated

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