"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented."

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Source : Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 11 Dec. 1986

Elie Wiesel

#Peace Quotes #History Quotes #Silence Quotes

“Fine. I'll train. But I'm going to the stinking capitol if I have to kill a crew and fly there myself." Says Johanna. "Probably best not to bring that up in training," I say. "But it's nice to know I'll have a ride.”
“Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.”
“Peace begins with a smile. I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.”
“The world is full of bullshitters, Liars, and triers and quitters, Coulda-beens, wannabe's, thought-I-was, isn't-I-is's... And everybody in your business.”

Source : Song: Keep It True, Album: All Balls Don't Bounce, 1995
“I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.”
“I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact.”

Source : Source: www.revelinnewyork.com
“Advertising is in essence simply a means of communication through mass media which is available to anyone who can pay for it. It is, in this sense, rather like electricity, which can be used to work a refrigerator or a dentist's drill.”
“What will always be possible is for someone to walk into a dark room and experience a film and connect to it. And that's why I make my films - for people to go and have that experience. That's really the whole dream for me, so that hasn't gone anywhere. What has gone somewhere is making the numbers add up on each side of it. And who knows? I've had all kinds of freak-outs. I got married recently, and my wife listened to me go off the other day on this fear that maybe our culture has just moved beyond art entirely. Maybe we don't need it anymore.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com

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