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		A movie is better than real life because in the movies only the bad guys die. Or you can pick the good movies where the bad guys die and only those. If you get tricked and a good person dies in the movie then you can rewrite it in your head so the good person lives and the part about death is superfluous.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kathryn Erskine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Samuel Adams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To make headway, improve your head. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				B. C. Forbes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rahul Dravid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				O'Shea Jackson, Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Immanuel Kant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karel Capek 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		Good education, housing and jobs are imperatives for the Negroes, and I shall support them in their fight to win these objectives, but I shall tell the Negroes that while these are necessary, they cannot solve the main Negro problem. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Malcolm X 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Be mobile at all times, even if it causes you suffering or feelings of loneliness. Unless you're willing to do that, you're never going to get the bigger rewards. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oleg Cassini 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Manuel Puig 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't particularly change my name to Fonda because I knew who Fondas were. It's still going to remain a mystery. I keep it as a mystery. So, maybe one day I'll tell the story of how I changed my last name. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olga Fonda 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Mendes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fans give me yellow things, and I think now what's really fun is, when anyone sees yellow now, they'll think of me. Now it's kind of like this self-fulfilling prophecy: Yellow things come to me. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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