There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.
Copy Quote View & ShareI love Valentine's Day! I love it, I love it, I love it. I like having doors opened for me. My favorite romantic comedy is 'When Harry Met Sally.'
Copy Quote View & ShareMarriage is not simply a romantic union between two people; it's also a political and economic contract of the highest order.
Copy Quote View & ShareThey are just really stupid people in Hollywood. You write them a script, and they say they love it, they absolutely love it. Then they say, 'But doesn't it need a small dog, and an Eskimo, and shouldn't it be set in New Guinea?' And you say, 'But it is a sophisticated romantic comedy set in Paris.'
Copy Quote View & ShareI do not like to work with patients who are in love. Perhaps it is because of envy - I, too, crave enchantment. Perhaps it is because love and psychotherapy are fundamentally incompatible. The good therapist fights darkness and seeks illumination, while romantic love is sustained by mystery and crumbles upon inspection.
Copy Quote View & ShareThat's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.
Copy Quote View & ShareTwo centuries ago, when our nation lost its sovereignty and was partitioned among Russia, Prussia and Austria, Polish Romantics like the poet and nationalist Adam Mickiewicz declared that independence would come only with great sacrifice. Ever since, this myth of the martyr, or messianic victim, has emerged during times of national crisis.
Copy Quote View & ShareRomantic love can be terrifying. We experience another human being as enormously important to us. So there is surrender - not a surrender to the other person so much as to our feeling for the other person. What is the obstacle? The possibility of loss.
Copy Quote View & ShareTo be honest, it was slavery. Nobody should have any romantic ideas about working underground. It's very, very dangerous. You always knew you were living in danger. You were on your hands and knees half the day.
Copy Quote View & ShareKishore Kumar is the voice of India, M.D. Rafi taught me to sing romantic numbers, while Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's live recordings helped me prep for stage shows.
Copy Quote View & ShareSavannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy great-grandfather was prime minister of Canada, and I had a very Edwardian upbringing. It was a beautiful, romantic way of growing up, until the family lost its money. And I decided to be bad and rough and find the streets rather than the gates.
Copy Quote View & ShareI think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts, and when it is represented in the media, in film in particular, it is presented as something that is really a special event, whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.
Copy Quote View & ShareSometimes I want to listen to sad music, sometimes something fun and sometimes you're in romantic mode.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe most impactful place that I've been to where I was just completely awestruck, happy, moved is Victoria Falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is probably the most beautiful and romantic place in the world.
Copy Quote View & ShareFor the chorus of 'Secrets,' we used The Romantics' 'Talking in Your Sleep' and 'Pale Shelter' by Tears for Fears. It's like hip-hop: just grab it.
Copy Quote View & ShareI love Indian, Italian and Mexican food. And if it's a romantic type of thing, I like a good French restaurant.
Copy Quote View & ShareHow do you bust out of the friend zone? It's a horrible place to be when you end up there unintentionally with someone you have a romantic interest in.
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