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		I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Steven Spielberg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				F. H. Bradley 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Quentin Tarantino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		With honesty of purpose, balance, a respect for tradition, courage, and, above all, a philosophy of life, any young person who embraces the historical profession will find it rich in rewards and durable in satisfaction. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel E. Morison 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I feel comfortable any position I play. It doesn't matter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oscar Taveras 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Galileo Galilei 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500. Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Kilby 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I don't have secrets in my life. Everything is out there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manny Pacquiao 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If war is the continuation of politics by other means, terrorism is the continuation of war by other means. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Pat Buchanan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In European thought in general, as contrasted with American, vigor, life and originality have a kind of easy, professional utterance. American - on the other hand, is expressed in an eager amateurish way. A European gives a sense of scope, of survey, of consideration. An American is strained, sensational. One is artistic gold; the other is bullion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wallace Stevens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The wind in which the dead leaves blow. Here I inhale profounder strength And as I am, I speak and move And things are as I think they are And say they are on the blue guitar. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wallace Stevens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is of him, ephebe, to make, to confect The final elegance, not to console Nor sanctify, but plainly to propound. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Wallace Stevens 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Earlier maps had underestimated the distances to other continents and exaggerated the outlines of individual nations. Now global dimensions could be set, with authority, by the celestial spheres. Indeed, King Louis XIV of France, confronted with a revised map of his domain based on accurate longitude measurements, reportedly complained that he was losing more territory to his astronomers than to his enemies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dava Sobel