"I think we can be reasonably confident that if the American population had the slightest idea of what is being done in their name, they would be utterly appalled."

-- Noam Chomsky

#Thinking Quotes #Names Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“My ambition was to become the best climber and I never did. I think that goal was a wrong goal. A better one is to put more emphasis on enjoyment and on getting a rounded experience and on things like friendship, rather than on sheer achievement.”
“In my youth I thought I was going to be a professional rugby player.”
“When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.”
“In that sense, film is superior, but the difficulty is your lack of control as a writer.”
“Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.”
“My radio show is actually the conclusion to my week. Which means there'll be 20% of what's happened to me during those five days, on my show. If I don't do my radio show I actually feel lost! It's like the bookends - the beginning and the end of the week and the whole thing comes together. So for me it is important.”
“It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that's why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It's not the pain they're getting over, it's the love.”
“I guess when I think about it, one of the things I like to dramatise, and what is sometimes funny, is someone coming unglued. I don't consider myself someone who is making the argument that I support these choices. I just think it can be funny.”

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