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A generation of arrogance. We didn't trust anyone over 30. We believed we could fix all the prejudices and irrationality of the past.


Alastair Wood

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CRAIG GROESCHEL We should not blame people by the mistakes of others.
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PARKER LOUIS SEELY we
sat there
smoking
cigarettes
at
5
in the morning.
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E. LOCKHART Johnny, he is bounce, effort, and snark.
Mirren, she is sugar, curiosity, and rain.
Gat, h...
E.LOCKHART Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young.
E. LOCKHART She is sugar, curiosity, and rain.
E. LOCKHART Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying.
We decide to go out walking the wh...
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And ...
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DEYTH BANGER Sisi wote ni wanafunzi.
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Great Revenue Every Everlasting Day.

(IN BANKS WE TRUST)
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BEATRICE WOOD And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and no...
BEATRICE WOOD A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
BEATRICE WOOD There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you ca...
BEATRICE WOOD Sex is energy.
BEATRICE WOOD I was in a convent for a year.
BEATRICE WOOD I happen to believe that there is an afterlife.
BEATRICE WOOD And several galleries - two had asked me and I said no, because I didn't want to leave things on...
BEATRICE WOOD First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me w...
BEATRICE WOOD Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
BEATRICE WOOD But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very domin...
BEATRICE WOOD Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
BEATRICE WOOD Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
BEATRICE WOOD And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.
BEATRICE WOOD I don't like to sell my finest pieces.
BEATRICE WOOD And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter.
BEATRICE WOOD My life is full of mistakes. They're like pebbles that make a good road.
BEATRICE WOOD We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artis...
ED WOOD Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now...
ED WOOD Yes, but if you take that crap and put a star in it, then you've got something.
ED WOOD He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.
ED WOOD This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but he ...
ED WOOD Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.
ED WOOD It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
ED WOOD We shot ten minutes of the movie, and now we're looking for completion funds.
ED WOOD