"Being intellectually hospitable is a virtue that I bring into the interview space,"

-- Krista Tippett

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“We also have this reflex of using specialists for everything, instead of having the person who is there every day with them, the teacher, talk about death and suicide. In the film, it's portrayed a little bit like a caricature, but it's the psychologist who comes in and Monsieur Lazhar does not think it's a good idea. He thinks he should be the one who should talk about that with the children.”
“I think with comedy I get very sort of critical of myself and try and do the best I can and it doesn't come as second nature. I work at those kinds of films. It doesn't mean I can't do them - I've done two now, and I have a great time doing them, but I just find myself a little bit more neurotic.”
“OUR ORDINATION: Sir Isaac Newton, 1642 â€“ 1747 About the times of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition.”
“I just like good stories. I like really interesting scripts, I love really great filmmakers. And I'm open to all genres and all stories. But, there's certain ones that attract me, and I don't really sort of look at what I think is going to be successful, I look at more so, you know, is this what I want to do regardless of what everybody else thinks?”
“As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.”
“I think the thumb print on the throat of many people is childhood trauma that goes unprocessed and unrecognized.”

Source : "Filmmaker Tom Hooper". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. January 28, 2011.
“To keep the wrong leader in the wrong place prevents the right leader from being in the right place.”
“Envy is the ulcer of the soul.”

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