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		What has never changed, what is always present and what is, in the end, what sustains us is that energy that I talk about in 'Like Water for Chocolate...' that loving energy. Without that, I wouldn't have had the strength to keep going and enjoy life.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Esquivel 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Macnee 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damian Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have not cared for money, and I enjoy working. Money comes my way. People work hard so they get enough money. Or they work hard so they don't have to work hard later in life. But though I don't need money, I still work hard because I like what I am doing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manoj Bhargava 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Campbell Scott 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They are cliches, and they present a human being as far more simple and uniform than any human being actually is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Kress 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ralph Waldo Emerson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Taisen Deshimaru 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I started in television as a youngster and was 14 when I started acting professionally. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Brooke Nevin 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't say it was delightful; make us say delightful when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers Please will you do the job for me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				C. S. Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In Jenny Offill's remarkable first novel, 'Last Things,' 7-year-old Grace Davitt watches her mother, Anna, descend into madness and tries to make sense of the claustrophobic world that Anna has created for her. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nancy Willard 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What has never changed, what is always present and what is, in the end, what sustains us is that energy that I talk about in 'Like Water for Chocolate...' that loving energy. Without that, I wouldn't have had the strength to keep going and enjoy life. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Esquivel