"More broadly across time and cultures, it seems, one perennial piece of advice to father has been the importance of acting tenderly toward their children. The New Father, it turns out, is an old story."

-- David Blankenhorn

#Children Quotes #Father Quotes #Advice Quotes

“Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Like most filmmakers and writers, there are roots in my own life, but they are stories that I invent. There was a period of time in my life when I made directly autobiographical films where I truly told what happened to me. But, now, I don't make directly autobiographical films anymore. I am more for renouncing that and being in front of history. The large part of my work tells about something I know. It's close.”
“The students wanted to speak to the government, and the police answered with bullets.”
“There's something about 'Strictly Come Dancing.' Everywhere I go, people wish me good luck; cabbies toot their horns. It's lovely. I have a theory: in straitened times, there's nothing like a bit of unapologetic escapism.”
“Music critics are part of the world, and I am part of the world.”
“Huh? Oh you have a hidden agenda, do you?" She laughed. His straight-faced humor always surprised her. "You promised me you didn't." "There is nothing hidden about it," he replied. My objective is obvious. I've decided I'd rather have you describe me as 'sweet' than a 'slagging pain in the tailset.'" "Really?" "Well..." he looked up from the bag. "Maybe not in public." "I might be able to confine myself to saying it in private, if you gave me a reason." Taya met his eyes, and he blushed.”
“Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.”
“I am surprised by what people expect of me.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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