"If you have to be persuaded about something, you shouldn't do it."

-- Danny Boyle

“The difference between a stable society and an unstable one is that the restraints in an unstable one are external. In a stable society government ultimately becomes unnecessary; the restraints on people's actions are internal, they're self-disciplined...”

Source : Oscar Iden Lecture Series, Lecture 3: "The State of Individuals", 1976.
“It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance.”
“The house was as empty as a beer closet in premises where painters have been at work.”
“My best advice to you â€” shut up.”
“It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.”
“And Alex understood that Scotty Hausmann did not exist. He was a word casing in human form: a shell whose essence has vanished.”
“A good school is a relative concept, and the better schools are located in more expensive neighborhoods. But when everyone bids more for a house in a better school district, they succeed only in bidding up the prices of those houses. As before, 50 percent of all children will attend schools in the bottom half of the school quality distribution. As in the familiar stadium metaphor, all stand, hoping to get a better view, only to discover that no one sees better than if all had remained seated.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“The Bible calls debt a curse and children a blessing. But in our culture we apply for a curse and reject blessings. Something is wrong with this picture.”

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