Quotes
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John Cassavetes

"My films are expressive of a culture that has had the possibility of attaining material fulfillment while at the same time finding itself unable to accomplish the simple business of conducting human lives. We have been sold a bill of goods as a substitute for life. What is needed is reassurance in human emotions; a re-evaluation of our emotional capacities."

Source : "Savages: Silence Yourself" by Lindsay Zoladz, pitchfork.com. May 6, 2013.

John Cassavetes

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“I've got evil in me as much as anyone, some desires that scare me. Even if I don't give in to them, just having them scares the living bejesus out of me sometimes. I'm no saint, the way you kid about. But I've always walked the line, walked that ***** line. It's a mean mother of a line, straight and narrow, sharp as a razor, cuts right into you when you walk it long enough. You're always bleeding on that line, and sometimes you wonder why you don't just step off and walk in the cool grass.”
“One of Buddhismâ€™s main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness.”
“I'm neither Democrat nor Republican. I'm Methodist. I have grievances with both parties.”

Source : "Rev. Joseph Lowery, Author Ron Christie on 'FNS'". "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. February 13, 2006.
“There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.”
“Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?”
“Morality, as has often been pointed out, is antecedent to religion-it even exists in a rudimentary form among animals.”
“If you could do something that would make people happy, and it would cost you neither money nor time, would you do it? If that same thing made you happy, would you do it? What is this magical thing that will brighten your day and the days of people around you and yet cost you nothing? A smile.”
“I don't want to work, I want to bang on the drum all day.”

Source : Song: Bang The Drum All Day

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