"Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime..."

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Lord Acton

#Liberty Quotes #Next Quotes #Deeds Quotes

“As the years go by and I make more films, I am increasingly interested in capturing place as a vivid backdrop for my films.”
“The very fact that we wish for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature. It is not to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to get rid of the false notion that we are bound.”
“I'm not prepared to sacrifice my being engaged in the world for just any relationship.”
“I'm really a sucker for old, old movies. Like old film noir. I don't know. I also really enjoy independent movies.”
“I'm not a good storyteller. I always think I'm going to get interrupted, or something's going to get edited. I think that comes from being in a large family, so you have to get your story in really quick or someone cuts you off.”
“Negotiating with Obama is like playing chess with a pigeon. The pigeon knocks over all the pieces, ***** on the board and then struts around like it won the game.”
“Because white men canâ€™t police their imaginations, black men are dying.”
“Never have anything to do with an unlucky place, or an unlucky man. I have seen many clever men, very clever men, who had not shoes to their feet. I never act with them. Their advice sounds very well, but they cannot get on themselves; and if they cannot do good to themselves, how can they do good to me?”

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