"Those who expect moments of change to be comfortable and free of conflict have not learned their history."

-- Joan Wallach Scott

#Change Quotes #Conflict Quotes #Moments Quotes

“It's hard to be scared when there are 80 people around you.”
“The only moment football really stops is with a penalty kick - and that is a moment that is really dramatic. A penalty kick becomes a Western duel. It's two guys facing each other. Destiny and potential death, whether metaphorical or literal. That's why in the penalty kick at the end of the film, I shot it like an homage to the Sergio Leone Westerns I saw when I was a kid, especially The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.”

Source : Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com
“The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.”
“It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.”

Source : "Controversiae". Book 1, Chapter 1, sect. 14. Translation from Norman T. Pratt "Seneca's Drama", p. 140, 1983.
“If we had fifty Eichmann's, we would have won the war.”

Source : "And the Crooked Shall be Made Straight". Book by Jacob Robinson, p.37, 1965.
“I thank God for my talents but, it took many years to achieve some of my goals. I work hard on a daily basis trying to maintain a certain fitness level, run two businesses, and teach classes in the fight game and pro wrestling.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“Kuwait needs tougher guarding. Guarding that's not limited to weapons, soldiers and border control, but extends to every Kuwaiti soul with awareness, vigilance and anticipation”
“Since Life is but a Dream, Why toil to no avail?”

Source : "A Homily on Ideals in Life, Uttered in Springtime on Rising from a Drunken Slumber" (ca. 750)

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