"I will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art."

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Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Sholom Aleichem

#Art Quotes #Giving Quotes #Taste Quotes

“Sometimes I'll drive around for months despair, nothing, nothing, then suddenly I will see something that seizes me... a shape, a combination of shapes, a play of light or shadows and I send up a prayer because I know I have the germ of a picture.”
“Act the part and you will become the part.”
“It's not that I literally believe in magic or spirits. In my logical life I absolutely don't believe in any kind of mumbo jumbo. But I do have this belief in the greater magic of the universe.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“The Senkaku islands are inherently Japanese territory. I want to show my strong determination to prevent this from changing.”
“A historian is interested in the past because he is interested in life... a deeply felt need to assure the continuity of human life and discover its meaning, even if the goal is never fully realized.”
“I joined the Safe Climate Caucus because I believe in leaving a safer planet for future generations.”

Source : "Recent Reports Show Need for Congress to Act on Climate Change" by Rep. Mark Pocan, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 3, 2014.
“Stop selling. Start helping.”
“I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range.”

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