"Having a little pee in your pants had to be better than being dinner for some redneck."

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Source : Christopher Paul Curtis (2013). “The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963”, p.147, Yearling

Christopher Paul Curtis

#Redneck Quotes #Littles Quotes #Dinner Quotes

“At times doc filmmaking feels more rewarding creatively. Because you are creating something out of pure cinema - instead of narrative cinema, where you've got a script and a cast and you build from your foundation, whereas in documentary, you're building out of chaos.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time.”

Source : Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.116, Reaktion Books
“No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice”
“For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency. If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic. People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness. People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware. Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world. Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional. The art of love is largely the art of persistence.”
“Fear is a pair of handcuffs on your soul.”
“Given the fact of evolution, one would expect the fossils to document a gradual steady change from ancestral forms to the descendants. But this is not what the paleontologist finds. Instead, he or she finds gaps in just about every phyletic series.”
“And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.”
“There's got to be grief.”

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