"Every intellectual product must be judged from the point of view of the age and the people in which it was produced."

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Source : Walter Pater (1873). “Studies in the History of the Renaissance”, p.22

Walter Pater

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“One puzzling thing about men -- they allow their sex instinct to drive them to where their intelligence never would take them.”
“Can't we sleep ten minutes more? I was having a lovely dream about sneezing without covering my mouth, and giving everybody germs.”
“When sincerity fails, the offer of money usually works.”

Source : Mark Fuhrman (2014). “Murder in Brentwood”, p.94, Regnery Publishing
“Conflict is the place where character and plot intersect.”

Source : Nancy Kress (2004). “Dynamic Characters”, p.159, Writer's Digest Books
“The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to.”
“Our times are obsessed with finding fulfillment, so there are times when some people try too hard, and there are people who want to have the newest feelings just as there are those who want to have the latest model car. You can't play at love any more than you can be proud of your humility, or add water to your perfume and have it smell the same, but men and women both have been known to try.”
“That's kind of like how jazz is sometimes. You're out there predicting the future, and no one believes you.”
“You have to be realistic in the use of blood in the movies. There is a little bit more than a gallon in a human being. If you have a few thousand people, that makes a lot of blood. I'm very realistic in my use of blood.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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