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Gustave Flaubert.

Marriage Verite

'The way the eyes follow you is uncanny.'

"I like movies that resemble my life, so I don't feel like I'm wasting time watching a movie."

Pinocchio's Second Realization

The Optician At Home: "....And it didn't fit the other sister, either. Then Cinderella tried on the glasses, and she could see perfectly."

"They lead a simple life - they don't even put gas in their cars."

"I'm not going to lie. It took a large speaker's fee to get me to say your future is bright."

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"I'm the bluebird of low expectations."

"I have a list of downsides I'd like you to develop into a list of upsides."

"Let’s run through that scene again with just the table and the lamp."

'Satchel, life is like a can of tuna...'

"Say, why don't we go see the Hopper show at the Whitney?"

"Today, in all aspects of life losses outnumbered gains."

Modern Charm

"Get that de Kooning sneer off your face. This is Turner!"

"Oh well - same shit, different day. . .!"

'I'm going to have to let you go.'

Gustave Flaubert

Expectations vs. Bitterness

"Blank Canvas, White on White, Snow, Artist's Block....I don't know how he gets away with it!"

"That's Terri and Kip. . . our Imaginators. And over here is Al. He's our Get-real-inator."

'Love gets the credit, but money makes the world go 'round.'

Gustave Courbet

Stendhal

Ventrilominimalism.

The Next Big Thing/ The Next Best Thing.

"The robbery and car chase are better in the movie but the hostage situation was definitely better on the cable news coverage."

'My enthusiasm for protecting post-war Iraq has been slightly dampened.'

Virginia Woolf.

"Nude descending your tie."

'...and so, after rehab, Snow White married the prince, and lived one day at a time ever after.'

"Not everyone's as lucky as us to still have jobs."