L Here Vir G Quotes & Sayings

To read fiction means to play a game by which we give sense to the immensity of things that happened, are happening, or will happen in the actual world. By reading narrative, we escape the anxiety that attacks us when we try to say something true about the world. This is the consoling function of narrative - the reason people tell stories, and have told stories from the beginning of time. — Umberto Eco

Forgetting used to be a failing, a waste, a sign of senility. Now it takes effort. It may be as important as remembering. — James Gleick

A poll earlier this year showed that 42 per cent of Americans believe we're in the End Times. — Andrew Denton

I'm still very critical of myself in film. — Annette Bening

Because no girl should have to ditch their friends just because her boyfriend says so. — Ken Brosky

Every Christmas should begin with the sound of bells, and when I was a child mine always did. But they were sleigh bells, not church bells, for we lived in a part of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where there were no churches. — Paul Engle

I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football) — Bum Phillips

Every star may be a sun to someone. — Carl Sagan

I do films which get me out of my comedian routine so that I don't get bored being a stand-up comedian. And with films, it's here today, gone tomorrow. So stand-up comedy is here to stay for me. — Vir Das

The federal government should not be an accessory to the unconstitutional actions of the Arizona state government. By continuing to work with Arizona police departments operating under SB 1070, the Department is implicitly condoning the shameful tactics authorized by the new law. — Lucille Roybal-Allard