Opening monologue, in the HBO miniseries “The Pacific,” by a Marine commander to a group of non-commissioned officers shortly before Christmas 1941: “Those of you who are lucky enough to get ho… — anonymous
It doesn’t escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else’s. — Lupita Nyong’o, accepting the 2014 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing Patsey, a real-life slave girl, in “12 Years a Slave”
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