"I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems."

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Source : "A Lord’s Call To Arms: David Puttnam Addresses Edinburgh" by Peter Knegt, www.indiewire.com. June 22, 2009.

David Puttnam

#Soul Quotes #Cinema Quotes #Problem Quotes

“When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility.”
“When Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner asked a roomful of Olympic hopefuls if they had a list of written goals, every one raised their hands. When he asked how many of them had that list with them right that moment, only one person raised their hand. That person was Dan O'Brien. And it was Dan O'Brien who went on to win the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Don't underestimate the power of setting goals and constantly reviewing them.”
“I love any kind of food. I dont have a sweet tooth, but I love haleem.”
“My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions.”
“When you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.”
“At Texas, I was a football player playing baseball. And the way I play I think I still am.”
“Instead of the primitive raw material economy, we will create a smart economy generating unique knowledge, new useful things and technologies. Instead of the archaic society, in which the leaders think and make decisions for everyone, we will become a country of intelligent, free and responsible people”

Source : "Medvedev wants Russia to go hi-tech" by Maxim Tkachenko, edition.cnn.com. November 12, 2009.
“The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.”

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