"South Sea natives who have been exposed to American movies classify them into two types, 'kiss-kiss' and 'bang-bang."

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Source : Hollywood, the Dream Factory: An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers introduction (1950)

Hortense Powdermaker

#Movie Quotes #Kissing Quotes #Sea Quotes

“Logic is a poor model of cause and effect.”
“A lot of times I feel I probably would have ended up in a mental hospital if it weren't for the structure that 'Bones' gave me.”

Source : "Eric Millegan on Living (and Acting) with Bipolar Disorder: Part 1" by Jamie Frevele, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.
“The theory of the teacher with all these immigrant kids was that if you spoke English loudly enough they would eventually understand.”
“Fat girl, terrestrial, my summer, my night, How is it I find you in difference, see you there In a moving contour, a change not quite completed? You are familiar yet an aberration.”
“I like to think I can keep a pretty level head.”
“I'm not easy to live with and I know that it's true. However, you're no picnic either, babe, and that's one of the things I liked about you.”
“By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State”
“A house is more than just a shelter; that it is a way of improving your way of life.”

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