“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
― Long Walk to Freedom
― Long Walk to Freedom
“A tip from Lubitsch: 'Let the audience add up two plus two and they'll love you forever.”
― Nobody's Perfect: A Personal Biography of Billy Wilder
― Nobody's Perfect: A Personal Biography of Billy Wilder
“...the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect.”
― White Teeth
― White Teeth
“By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.”
― A Room with a View
― A Room with a View
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