"Contrary to legend, young men are seldom idealistic. They want the prizes, and to rise they will do whatever needs doing, echoing faithfully the rhetoric of the day. Idealism comes late in life, if ever. Disgust with one's own kind was inevitable while eternity mocked them all. Since President, Senators and Brittanic Majesties were so much stuff for worms, what did any of it matter? That question he knew to be the origin of true evil, for there was no answer to it, other than to say that the wise man did not ask it."
-Gore Vidal, 'Washington DC'
"People often mistake me for Anthony Hopkins. Here's how you tell the difference: I'm the one nailing Mrs Hopkins."
-Michael Caine
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