"It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct."

-- Sigmund Freud

#Civilization Quotes #Intuition Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”
“Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.”

Source : "Fictional character: Hannah". "The Great Dictator", 1940.
“What if all the forces of society were bent upon developing [poor] children? What if society's business were making people insteadof profits? How much of their creative beauty of spirit would remain unquenched through the years? How much of this responsiveness would follow them through life?”
“Possessing material comforts in no way guarantees happiness. Only spiritual wealth can bring true true happiness.”
“There is no growth without change, no change without fear or loss and no loss without pain.”
“I realized that one cannot reveal oneself without mannerism, without some evident trace of one's personality. But all the same one should not go too far in that direction...”
“Making the documentary was an extraordinary experience and it really hit home to me the quasi-religious nature of this anthropogenic global warming cause. These people really have found religion.”
“The violence for me is never meant to be entertaining. It's meant to hurt the characters and I'm trying to show the impact it is having on the people involved with it. If there is cathartic violence at the end, then it costs the protagonist something. It's not just a blaze-of-glory moment.”

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