"It's somewhat disquieting that the same parents and educators who are horrified by the notion of child soldiers have bestowed upon 'The Hunger Games' a double mantle of critical praise and global bestsellerdom."

-- Kenneth Oppel

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“Hysteria and degeneration have always existed; but they formerly showed themselves sporadically, and had no importance in the life of the whole community. It was only the vast fatigue which was experienced by the generation on which the multitudes of discoveries and innovations burst abruptly, imposing on it organic exigencies greatly surpassing its strength, which created favourable conditions under which these maladies could gain ground enormously, and become a danger to civilization.”

Source : Max Simon Nordau (1895). “Degeneration”, London, Heinemann
“Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own.”

Source : Elizabeth Aston (2006). “The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy: A Novel”, p.255, Simon and Schuster
“To deny the predictive validity of race at this level is nonscientific and unrealistic.”
“Making a success of the job at hand is the best step toward the kind you want.”
“I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. Good movie, bad movie, it doesn't matter - I just like his movies.”
“I think back to the Modern Family pilot when we didn't know that Julie Bowen had a spotty party girl past, but that's something that we layered in, throughout the first season. That's just part of the fun of series television. You get to discover these things.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“A lot of sources said I was born in 1917. That is incorrect. I was born in 1920. 1917 was the year the studios listed as my birth year to make me appear younger.”

Source : "A Conversation with Laraine Day, Hollywood's Girl Next Door". The New York Times Interview, June 9, 1984.
“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.”

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