“You really can’t choose the people you’re going to like.”

— Lisa Goldstein , book A Mask for the General

Source: A Mask for the General (1987), Chapter 11 (p. 191)

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Claire Danes (1979) American actress

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“You’re bright,” Lupe said to her softly. “Very bright, but stubborn. You think you can choose your realities. You can’t.”

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“You can’t keep messing me around like this. It’s been going on too long. I can’t take it anymore. I get sick every time you come around. Then I get sick when you leave. You’re like a disease to me.”

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Ethan Hawke (1970) American actor and writer

New York Magazine http://nymag.com/arts/theater/profiles/63419/ (2010-01-31)
2010–present

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They choose what you’re watching ‘cause they’re so kind
They choose what you’re watching and you don’t mind
Dunno what you’re watching and you don’t mind”

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“You really can’t choose the people you’re going to like.”

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