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		For American filmmakers, the Oscars is like a mystic thing. For me, it was being in a mirror of my dreams when I was dreaming of Hollywood when I was an adolescent.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bernardo Bertolucci 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Sherman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahmoud Abbas 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zoe Wanamaker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I remember back in the early '70s, when I had a disastrous Grand Prix, my wife, Lynn, said to me, 'Don't worry, you're going to be a late boomer.' That's what she said to me, and I've always held that thought. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Millar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahatma Gandhi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The greatest desire of my heart was for the Lord to manifest His will concerning me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Orson Pratt 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manuel Puig 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Do not be jealous of your sister. Know that diamonds and rosesare as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs:colder, too, and sharper, and they cut. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Neil Gaiman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You wouldn't have the same art on the walls at every restaurant or the same waiter uniforms. Neither should you have the same service style at every restaurant. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Danny Meyer 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not OK with clergy, students, and those of different opinions chanting and swearing, but it is their constitutional right. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pete Hoekstra 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I prefer to put myself in an environment that's further afield and look through the eyes of someone who differs from me in age, ethnicity, gender, and/or social class. I think a little displacement makes me a sharper observer. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Amor Towles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For American filmmakers, the Oscars is like a mystic thing. For me, it was being in a mirror of my dreams when I was dreaming of Hollywood when I was an adolescent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bernardo Bertolucci