"Lola Montes is, in my unhumble opinion, the greatest film of all time, and I am willing to stake my critical reputation, such as it is, on this one proposition above all others."

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Source : Andrew Sarris (1973). “The primal screen: essays on film and related subjects”, Simon & Schuster

Andrew Sarris

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“So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold in the hearts of men.”

Source : Maurice Thompson (1928). “The witchery of archery”, p.8, Рипол Классик
“I'm always pointing things out to native New Yorkers that I think are weird about this place and their culture and all that. But I feel like my friends and family from California feel like I've totally "become a New Yorker."”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Seeing is a neglected enterprise.”

Source : "Saul Leiter, Photographer Who Captured New York's Palette, Dies at 89" by Margalit Fox, www.nytimes.com. November 27, 2013.
“The Lord chose the apostles, that they should be with Him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.”
“I find myself continually falling back into wounds, wishes, terrors I thought I had risen beyond.”
“There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.”
“Finnick:" Good to see you, Peeta." Peeta:" You be nice to her, Finnick. Or I might try and take her away from you." It could be a joke, if the tone wasn't so cold. Everything it conveys is wrong. The open distrust of Finnick, the implication that Peeta has his eye on Annie, that Annie could desert Finnick, that I do not even exist. Finnick:"Oh Peeta," says Finnick lightly. "Don't make me sorry I restarted your heart.”
“Everybody is somebody, so you don't have to introduce anybody.”

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