"I don't believe that hard work equals success. It can, and maybe it should, but I know that it doesn't. There's a very slight relationship between the two."
"I think fate is massive, and it's never really had its place among forces we respect as having control over us."
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Source: Interview with David Wolinsky, film.avclub.com. June 5, 2008.
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