"There are epic impulses everywhere you look in There Will Be Blood; what's missing is character development, focused storytelling and, most significantly (apart from that terrific opening sequence), any sense of raw, intuitive drama."

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Source : "'There Will Be Blood'". www.salon.com. December 26, 2007.

Stephanie Zacharek

#Drama Quotes #Character Quotes #Epic Quotes

“Democracy is not compatible with financial oligarchy, with discrimination against Blacks and outrages by the Ku Klux Klan.”
“When in doubt, use brute force.”
“Build shelter against a rainy day.”
“As you walk through the valley of the unknown, you will find the footprints of Jesus both in front of you and beside you.”
“I kind of have a rededication in my life now to acting because I'm very fond of being in this movie.”
“I have found it is surprisingly difficult to remain sad when a cat is doing its level best to sandpaper one's cheeks.”

Source : R. L. LaFevers (2011). “Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh”, p.171, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“If we would understand the Scientific Revolution correctly, we should always remember that its most powerful impetus was the unremitting search for hidden divinity. As such, it is a direct descendant of the breakdown of the bicameral mind.”

Source : Maurice Ravel, Arbie Orenstein (1990). “A Ravel Reader: Correspondence, Articles, Interviews”, p.42, Courier Corporation
“Theres nothing more romantic than Italian food.”

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