"You are just in the middle of a struggle with words which are really very stubborn things, with a blank page, with the damn thing that you use to write with, a pen or a typewriter, and you forget all about the reader when you are doing that"

-- Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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“There are some strong female performers out there. But the industry's pre-occupation with the packaging of how a woman looks has gone completely the other way, back to almost the 60s, early 70s.”
“Portugal is not doing well economically. People are upset and angry. You can feel it on the street. You can tell in the way they drive. We're talking about one of the richest histories. We had an unbelievable empire, and so many maritime discoveries, and how is it that we are now reduced to this? But I still love the country.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“Though we don't have a cure for cancer we at least have stopped being too ashamed to even say the name of the disease - and the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic is edifying, isn't it? Shame shuts down productive thinking, and I'd like to open the doors. It's a first step.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“You should always celebrate your successes because someone else will celebrate your failures.”

Source : "Pet Shop Boys: cab drivers ask us if we've retired". Interview with Dorian Lynskey, www.theguardian.com. September 13, 2012.
“Youâ€™ve claimed me, little firecracker. You kicked a pair of two hundred pound menâ€™s asses. I will never get over that. You kicked my ***** out. Pete told me. You staked your claim on me, even before you realized Iâ€™d staked mine already.â€ He fists my hair and pulls me close to his lips. â€œIâ€™m yours now â€¦ Even if I screw this up, Iâ€™ll still be your screw-up.”
“I've got ice water running through my veins, I'm cool.”
“I have a giant ego and terrible self-esteem, so I need to hit the re-set button fairly regularly - to get into presence, and humility, and being right-sized.”
“It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war.”

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