"That's one of the things I hope that the book can do, is to restore some dignity to Joe Cinque."

-- Helen Garner

#Book Quotes #Dignity Quotes

“He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.”
“I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it”
“The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say, and they touch our arms gently.”
“Use #â€Ž meditation as a tool to get quiet.”
“My 3am wake up call sounds a lot different now. Sweeter...”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 14, 2014
“There's no solutions to prevent corruption because it's the same thing as putting soldiers in an occupation in a foreign territory - there's too much that's gonna go wrong. There's too much human behavior that's going to get in the way. So you're gonna have to start thinking about it in a different direction, and the different direction is: what is wrong with society?”

Source : "Rampart Director, Oren Moverman Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they're capable of understanding.”
“A conductor should guide rather than command.”

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