Lewis Lapham

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    Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence—the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.
    —Daniel Day Lewis (b. 1957)

    We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer “Yes, but I did it for the money” satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.
    —Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)