"Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself."

-- C. S. Lewis

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“And why is it, thought Lara, that my fate is to see everything and take it all so much to heart?”
“I don't really cringe over any of my albums.”
“There were four million people in the American Colonies and we had Jefferson and Franklin. Now we have over 200 million and the two top guys are Clinton and Dole. What can you draw from this? Darwin was wrong!”

Source : "Fey’s Fantastic, But Never The Twain She’ll Meet" by Michael Sigman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2011.
“Dracula did bring a hell of a lot of joy to a hell of a lot of women.”
“I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface.”

Source : "The Fighter: David O. Russell Interview". Interview with Tom Butler, www.ign.com. February 8, 2011.
“What kind of recognition do I deserve? I don't deserve any recognition.”
“The fact is that there is a profound spiritual hunger in the western world which, for a variety of reasons, its church is no longer able to assuage. So a book which suggests that there is a spiritual significance to the Christian story but that this has been suppressed by the church undoubtedly appeals to those who are anxious to square this circle.”
“I didn't really like the taste of booze. I liked the effect it did on me. But I can't say I savored a glass full of Chablis Chablis 1932. I drank whatever s - - was in front of me and got me buzzed.”

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