"One thing that I think works in 'Casablanca' and which I've lectured a lot about - in terms of what I've been trying to achieve as a designer - is the film's creation of its own form of reality."

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Ken Adam

#Reality Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I'm a character actor so I've jumped around to all kinds of things.”
“I am one with the Power that created me. I am totally open and receptive to the abundant flow of prosperity that the Universe offers. All my needs and desires are met before I even ask. I am Divinely guided and protected, and I make choices that are beneficial for me. I rejoice in other's successes, knowing there is plenty for us all.”
“Literature cannot develop between the categories "permitted"â€”"not permitted"â€”"this you can and that you can't." Literature that is not the air of its contemporary society, that dares not warn in time against threatening moral and social dangers, such literature does not deserve the name of literature; it is only a facade. Such literature loses the confidence of its own people, and its published works are used as waste paper instead of being read. -Letter to the Fourth National Congress of Soviet Writers”
“Each person comes to have this musical experience, this moment with us, where they get to sink into our world for a little while. Itâ€™s this very unhurried world. Itâ€™s fairly quiet, itâ€™s contemplative, but it can be quite panoramic. I think people think interesting thoughts at our shows, and they go rather deeply into some personal experience of their own. Iâ€™m really proud that our music seems to connect, because itâ€™s not for everybody. But for the people that our music works for, it really gets down pretty deep in there.”
“The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”

Source : Dashiell Hammett (2007). “Vintage Hammett”, p.151, Vintage
“Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.”
“People who solve problems are happier.”

Source : "Jim McKelvey: 'People who solve problems are happier'", www.cnn.com. December 13, 2012.
“Getting married in four days was the biggest... mistake I've ever made. I have two beautiful kids, but... how can you know somebody in four days? Bonehead.”

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