"The great tragedy in the new feminist theory in America is the loss of a sense of public commitment.... Hungry women are not fed by this, battered women are not sheltered by it, raped women do not find justice in it, gays and lesbians do not achieve legal protections through it."

-- Martha C. Nussbaum

#Commitment Quotes #Gay Quotes #Loss Quotes

“The physical part of comedy is as hard as a lot of action movies. It scares me, but in a way that I like.”
“Yeah, Kubrick's a big influence. In something like 'A Clockwork Orange,' he is trying to use the practical light - I mean, at least he says that in his interviews, like they're not using traditionally Hollywood lights. In 'Elephant' we basically used no lights; we never really adjusted.”
“Everybody matters. Everyone just wants to be heard.”
“The atoms become like a moth, seeking out the region of higher laser intensity.”

Source : "Lasers Slow Atom for Scrutiny". The New York Times, July 13, 1986.
“STARTLING & INVENTIVE...This is not a movie that lets go of you easily.”
“I did apply to get a job, many times, but no one ever hired me. I think my hyperactive nature didn't score me any points, and I remember when I went for interviews, I would ask all the questions - this probably confused the people who were hiring.”
“Each match I play is the most important one yet.”
“I'm not good at standing on platforms and persuading people to my political point of view. Nor would I seek to. My gift is completely different. It's for presenting an imaginative version of the world which I hope people would recognize and be affected by.”

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