"That's the great thing about New Year's, you get to be a year older. For me, that wasn't such a joke, because my birthday was always around this time. When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That's what the trees are all about."

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Source : Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. March 13, 2009.

Alan King

#New Year Quotes #Father Quotes #Kids Quotes

“I've wandered over many lands, and reaped withal no fruit, I've laid my pride of rank aside, and pressed my baffled suit, At stranger boards, like shameless crow, I've eaten bitter bread, But fierce Desire, that raging fire, still clamours to be fed.”
“The bottom line is just that Rickey Henderson was my favorite player. His flair, his style-the key word is impact-he's an impact player.”
“I used to be a jazz snob, believe it or not. I sort of turned my nose up at anything more commercial.”
“Acting is also working with people who invite you into their dreams and trust you with their innermost being.”
“There's the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true or that they make commitments that they have no intention of fulfilling. That is something that I think should not happen. That's a no-no. That's a third rail that you shouldn't touch.”

Source : "Malcolm Turnbull, Member for Wentworth". "Sunday Profile" with Monica Attard, www.abc.net.au. May 30, 2010.
“It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.”
“I think everything is fair game to a certain extent.”
“In a world of disturbing images, the general body of photography is bland, dealing complacently with nature and treating our preconceptions as insights. Strange, private worlds rarely slip past our guard.”

Source : Henry Holmes Smith, James Enyeart (1986). “Henry Holmes Smith: collected writings 1935-1985”, Center for Creative Photography

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