"There are things better left untouched by words â€¦"

-- Anna Kamienska

“Emeric [Pressburger] was completely cosmopolitan. That's what makes their [with Michael Powell] films so special. Neither of them thought twice about making a film about a friendship between an Englishman and a German during the Blitz. They were genius.”

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“I always wanted to be a player, but I never had the talent to make the big leagues. So I did the next best thing: I bought a team.”
“You have no idea how to dance, do you?â€ Cinder fixed her gaze on him, mind still reeling. â€œIâ€™m a mechanic.”
“Whenever someone sorrows, I do not say, â€œforget it,â€ or â€œit will pass,â€ or â€œit could be worseâ€ - all of which deny the integrity of the painful experience. But I say, to the contrary, â€œIt is worse than you may allow yourself to think. Delve into the depth. Stay with the feeling. Think of it as a precious source of knowledge and guidance. Then and only then will you be ready to face it and be transformed in the process.”
“There is no safety this side of the grave”
“I have a similar issue with people who hire me as I do with women. 'You have to have a particular taste to want to be around me. I have a slightly askew view.”
“I'm at the depot, and I'm not going anywhere. That's better to deal with than having to deal with the unknown. And the unknown is they don't want to fail. They don't want to pay the price unless there's a guarantee they're going to get there”
“They [Arabs] wanted to catch up with the modern world. The West appreciated that, but was more interested in colonies, markets, and spheres of influence. Such is the way in which historical forces operate: the give and take between nations, as betweenÂ cultures, is noÂ simple exchange”

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