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“A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.”
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“The Christian that is bound by his own horizon, the church that lives simply for itself, is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe, but a whole world to give it to.”
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“I was a common man, and I will always remain a common man. No amount of stardom will ever consume my soul. Money comes, money goes. Fame comes, fame goes. I believe every human being is a celebrity in their own right.”
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“You don't always have to have the most amazing story. It's learning to share the story you have that counts.”
Source : "Barry Levinson on ‘Killing Fields’ and True Crime Storytelling". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 26, 2016.
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“We are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness is the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason.”
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“My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.”
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“Think of the most amazing thing you could possibly do with your life. Then say out loud, 'YES.'”
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“Others have been made fools of by the girls; but, this can never be with truth said of me. I most emphatically, in this instance,made a fool of myself.”
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“If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.”
Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Lucia, Lucia: A Novel”, p.64, Random House
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“False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news.”