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“I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy.”

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James L. Brooks, born on May 9, 1940, is an accomplished American film producer. His works are known for their humor and profound social insights, making him one of the most influential producers in film history. more

“Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children's faces looking up, Holding wonder like a cup. Life has loveliness to sell, Music like a curve of gold, Scent of pine trees in the rain, Eyes that love you, arms that hold, And for your spirit's still delight, Holy thoughts that star the night. Spend all you have for loveliness, Buy it and never count the cost; For one white singing hour of peace Count many a year of strife well lost, And for a breath of ecstasy Give all you have been, or could be.”

Source: Mirror of the Heart: Poems of Sara Teasdale

“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution of your country and the government established under it. Leave evils which exist in some parts of the country, but which are beyond your control, to the all-wise direction of an over-ruling Providence. Perform those duties which are present, plain and positive. Respect the laws of your country.”

“Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living.”

Men Past Given Brain Generations Circumstances Please Tradition Chosen Nightmare Making History

Author:Karl Marx

“A home without a cat — and a well-fed, well-petted and properly revered cat — may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?”

Wells May Home Humor Funny Perfect Prove Cat Titles Feds Pet Loss Purring Cats Pets Cats

Author:Mark Twain

“On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet desperation, had changed. Inside, he was in a world of hurt. He saw black flashes before his eyes. He saw himself falling through the air. He knew what he was turning into. He was turning into the worst kind of human on the planet: an old bitter dork. Saw himself at the Game Room, picking through the miniatures for the rest of his life. He didn't want this future but he couldn't see how it could be avoided, couldn't figure his way out of it. Fukú.”

Source: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“But nobody ever forgot anything, not really, though sometimes they pretended, when it suited them. Memories were permanent. Sorrowful ones remained sad even with the passing of time, yet happy ones could never be recreated - not with the same joy. Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of pain.”

Should Sometimes Pain Remember Joy Memories Sadness Source Sorrow Passing Passings Permanent Peculiar Unfair Sorrowful

Book:A Fine Balance

Source: A Fine Balance

“I don't like coming home. It keeps me from being nostalgic, which by nature I am. Even before the plane begins its descent, I find myself dreading the questions left unanswered by my childhood.”

Home Left Childhood Planes Coming Home Nostalgic Descent Unanswered

Book:Snow Angels: A Novel

Source: Snow Angels: A Novel

“It's always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black.”

Turns Black Witty Sarcasm Sarcastic Pitch Black

Author:Paul Newman

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