"Today, much of journalism and politics are in a kind of collusion to oversimplify and personalize issues. No room for ambivalence. Plenty of room for the personal attack."

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Ellen Goodman

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“There was simply from this quite early age the awareness that the only thing I wanted was to dance.”

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“There were three kinds of evangelical leaders: The dumb or idealistic ones who really believed. The out-and-out charlatans. And the smart ones who still believed â€“ sort of â€“ but knew that the evangelical world was sh*t, but who couldn't figure out any way to earn as good a living anywhere else.”
“If you mention any ideological thing about shooting Last Tango in Paris, I was thinking I was doing a political film.”
“We got to roll with the punches, play all of our hunches, make the best of whatever comes your way. Forget that blind ambition, learn to trust your intuition - plowing straight ahead, come what may.”
“Dennis has not behaved well and the fact he has taken it with bad grace shows we made the right decision. It smacks of sour grapes. He said he would be happy to continue playing as long as the new manager wanted him so in no way was he misled. He said he was assured the job was his, but that is simply not true.”
“Satisfaction is the death of ambition.”
“An artist's job is to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent.”
“How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!”

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