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“I think self-exploration is one of the journeys in life that we are blessed to be able to have.”
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“The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the cafe or something doing something weird. It's amazing what people do, isn't it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.”
Source : "Interview: Actor Ben Whishaw on 'Cloud Atlas' + Playing Q in 'Skyfall'". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. October 31, 2012. 
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“Well, delusions are a wonderful thing, and they keep you company, too.”
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“I suppose, I hoped, by setting a particularly brutal ancient rite in the present and in my own village to shock the story's readers with a graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.”
Source : Shirley Jackson (2008). “The Lottery”, p.22, The Creative Company
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“I like to deconstruct things, deconstruct genres and stories.”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“I don't think you can hold someone accountable for trampling someone else, because that person was probably pushed from behind. But if someone picks your pocket in a crowd, it's no different from any other act of that kind, in another situation.”
Source : "Ask the Author Live: John Seabrook on Crowds". live chat, www.newyorker.com. January 28, 2011.
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“The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.”
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“Hoes want attention, women want respect.”
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“I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself.”
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“With more than half the population now checking their account balances more often as a direct result of the downturn, and with more of us comparing prices in virtually every market, it is natural to turn budget management into a skill, an accomplishment, a badge of lifestyle success.”
