"I donâ€™t mind the disapproving ones so much. Itâ€™s the tolerant ones I canâ€™t stand, the ones who smile at Rose, who speak to her ever so slowly and gently. They donâ€™t realize how very intelligent Rose really is. Theyâ€™re just terrifically pleased with themselves. Look at me! they all but shout. See how broad-minded I am! How wonderfully progressive, how fantastically twentieth century!"

-- Franny Billingsley

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“The basic issue of an American society which is fair, which is providing opportunity for all, is nowadays being replaced by the correct perception that we're living in a rigged economy - where it doesn't matter how hard you worked, the result will be all the income goes to the people at the very top. It's leading to a lot of frustration and anger, and people want some fundamental changes to the way we do economics and growth.”
“In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.”

Source : 1965 TheAnatomy of BritainToday, ch.9.
“The next time you pick up a camera think of it not as an inflexible and automated robot, but as a flexible instrument which you must understand to properly use. An electronic and optical miracle creates nothing on its own! Whatever beauty and excitement it can represent exist in your mind and spirit to begin with.”
“Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blessed, beneath thy contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed.”
“Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.”
“It is important to understand that the most important currency is social debt. Doing things for others. In order to get, you have to give.”
“As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.”
“Ridley Scott - not that he shared it a lot, but you can just see that everything he did, Ridley always seemed to be just so clear. I love that about him.”

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