Quotes
Authors
Manohla Dargis

"American commercial cinema has long been dominated by men, but I donâ€™t think there has ever been another time when women have been as underrepresented on screen as they are now. The biggest problem isnâ€™t genuinely independent cinema, where lower budgets mean more opportunities for women in front of and behind the camera. The problem is the six major studios that dominate the box office, the entertainment chatter and the popular imagination. Their refusal to hire more female directors is immoral, maybe illegal, and has helped create and sustain a representational ghetto for women."

-- Manohla Dargis

#Mean Quotes #Independent Quotes #Ghetto Quotes

“Our own acts are isolated and one act does not buy absolution for another.”
“Noble descent and worth, unless united with wealth, are esteemed no more than seaweed.”
“She reached out and touched the kingâ€™s face, cupping his cheek in her hand. â€œJust a nightmare,â€ he said, his voice still rough. The queenâ€™s voice was cool. â€œHow embarrassing,â€ she said, looking at his maimed arm. The king looked up then, and followed her gaze. If it was embarrassing to wake like a child screaming from a nightmare, how much more embarrassing to be the reason your husband woke screaming. A quick smile visited the kingâ€™s face. â€œOuch,â€ he said, referring to more than the pain in his side. â€œOuch,â€ he said again as the queen gathered him into her arms.”
“I have seen Christians in Communist prisons with fifty pounds of chains on their feet, tortured with red-hot iron pokers, in whose throats spoonfuls of salt had been forced, being kept afterward without water, starving, whipped, suffering from cold--and praying with fervor for the Communists. This is humanly inexplicable! It is the love of Christ, which was poured out in our hearts.”

Source : "Tortured For Christ". Book by Richard Wurmbrand, June 1940.
“I started out old, but I have to say that I've been very lucky to work consistently since I started. I've really never been out of work.”
“I really believed all this stuff - that I had to change the world.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“It's unfortunate when an athlete's talent comes with so little forethought or leadership [...] The Falcons need to start over. If next year's team ends up being young and hungry but fairly average, the last thing you want as a general manager or coach is to have a blowhard cornerback whining about his contract leading the charge, no matter how good he is.”
“Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.”

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