"Maybe it's the remnants of my religious upbringing, but I do try and insert a sense of social justice into the work ... for instance, to me, Mansfield Park is a story about servitude and slavery. Other people may have a problem with that, but that's how I read the book and so that's how I shot the movie."

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Source : "Weird Sex & Snowshoes: And Other Canadian Film Phenomena". Book by Katherine Monk, 2001.

Patricia Rozema

#Religious Quotes #Book Quotes #Justice Quotes

“Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them.”
“Something inside me shuts down and I'm too numb to feel anything. It's like watching complete strangers in another Hunger Games. But I do notice they omit the part where I covered her in flowers. Right. Because even that smacks of rebellion.”
“I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they're people that you recognize.”
“I don't like to play the same set every night. I think the band would prefer the same 12 songs, to be honest, but if I get bored, then I think the audience gets bored too.”
“The greatest of all insights is that we cannot be tomorrow what we do not do today.”
“The role that Cuba played and the lives of those 2,077 Cubans, whose mothers and families mourn for having lost their children in Africa, helped achieve the true security and independence of Angola. It was a contribution because in the end the Angolan people were the ones who decided that. We also contributed in a definitive way securing the independence of Namibia after years that a United Nations resolution was being ignored by South Africa and the western powers.”
“Barrons knows virtually everything about me. I wouldnâ€™t be surprised if somewhere he has a little file that encompasses my entire life to date, with neatly mounted, acerbically captioned photosâ€”see Mac sunbathe, see Mac paint her nails, see Mac almost die.”
“My heart has always been in more up-tempo music you can dance to.”

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