"But the cinephile is â€¦ a neurotic! (Thatâ€™s not a pejorative term.) The Bronte sisters were neurotic, and itâ€™s because they were neurotic that they read all those books and became writers. The famous French advertising slogan that says, â€œWhen you love life, you go to the movies,â€ itâ€™s false! Itâ€™s exactly the opposite: when you donâ€™t love life, or when life doesnâ€™t give you satisfaction, you go to the movies."

-- Francois Truffaut

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“There will be, I think, an attempt to grasp again the surprise and accidents of nature and a more intimate and sympathetic study of its moods, together with a renewed wonder and humility on the part of such as are still capable of these basic reactions.”

Source : "Oral history interview with Edward Hopper". Interview with John Morse, www.aaa.si.edu. June 17, 1959.
“The amount of electricity that has been saved in spite of Vice President Cheney saying that efficiency is only a moral virtue ... and that you need increased supply like ANWR-is two ANWRs worth of energy.”
“I would rather have 100,000 fans for a lifetime than a million for a couple years.”
“If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.”

Source : Nicholas Breton, George Wither, William Browne (1906). “Nicholas Breton: Pastoral Poems; George Wither: Selected Poetry; William Browne (of Tavistock): Pastoral Poetry”
“If the minority, and a small one too, is suffered to dictate to the majority, after measures have undergone the most solemn discussions by the representatives of the people, and their will through this medium is enacted into a law, there can be no security for life, liberty, or property; nor, if the laws are not to govern, can any man know how to conduct himself in safety.”
“When we're identified with Awareness, we're no longer living in a world of polarities. Everything is present at the same time.”
“Who hasn't made mistakes? I once french kissed a dog at a party to try to impress what turned out to be a very tall 12 year old.”
“Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.”

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