"History is contemporary. Your understanding of history confirms what you think of the present. It's not neutral. I would be very surprised if people with a different view of the present, don't take issue with my view of the past. I just hope that people deal with the content of the film."

-- Ken Loach

#Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Views Quotes

“But even though there were plenty of teeth in the grin, there was no heart.”
“Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.”
“Life is sometimes hard. Things go wrong, in life and in love and in business and in friendship and in health and in all other ways that life can go wrong. And when things get tough, this is what you should do. Make good art.”
“But it had no doubt sprung from true emotion, for all that parents ever wanted, really, was for you to love their child the way they did.”

Source : Meg Wolitzer (2011). “The Uncoupling: A Novel”, p.21, Penguin
“You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.”
“My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.”
“When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.”

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