"Humanity's become a product and when humanity is a product, you get Auschwitz and you get Chair."

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Source : "Still bolshie after all these years" by Brian Logan, www.theguardian.com. April 4, 2000.

Edward Bond

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“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.”
“To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just opened a Ritz-Carlton in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is stunning and has great views.”
“You are my angel and my damnation; in your presence I reach divine ecstasy and in your absence I descent to hell.”
“I don't even sing in the shower.”
“The psyche is highly flammable material. So we are always wrapping things in asbestos, keeping our images and fantasies at arm's length because they are so full of love”
“But who knows their own child? You know bits - certain predictable reactions, a handful of familiar qualities. The rest is impenetrable. And quite right too. You give birth to them. You do not design them.”
“I think that any time you are making a film you have to realize that the people you are talking with might be giving you misinformation. Sometimes it is factually incorrect and for that, it's important to me to check it out and not let things find their way into the film without being challenged, either by me, or by another character, or by evidence that you might see on screen.”
“A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance. By itself, one small win may seem unimportant. A series of wins at small but significant tasks, however, reveals a pattern that may attract allies, deter opponents, and lower resistance to subsequent proposals. Small wins are controllable opportunities that produce visible results.”

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