"I have great faith in optimism as a guiding principle, if only because it offers us the opportunity of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy."

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Arthur C. Clarke

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“If the Europeans want to intervene, that's their business. But if I were president, I would remove every United States soldier from the Balkan peninsula.”
“Even when apologising, this guy turns on the charm. And the worst thing is that it works. She had reached a point in her life where she no longer expected anything from men, though that didn't stop her from falling in love with them.”
“His driving is unbelievable. I don't go that far on my holidays.”
“Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?”
“Punishing enemies and rewarding friends - politics Chicago style - seems to be the unifying principle that helps explain the Obamacare waivers, the NLRB action against Boeing and IRS's gift tax assault on 501(c)(4) donors. They look like examples of crony capitalism, bailout favoritism and gangster government. One thing they don't look like is the rule of law.”
“I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers write for the artist they have in mind; you have to keep in mind if you're going to work with Claus Ogerman. You invite him to do what he does.”
“War is not a thing one wants.”
“You mustn't look at a film with only one point of view.”

Source : "The Case of Jafar Panahi – An Interview with the Iranian Director of The Circle". Interview with Stephen Teo, sensesofcinema.com. July 2001.

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