"The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny."

-- David Hume

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“Werner Herzog, I knew him for so many years, when Fassbinder was at his highest moment. But we had a rule: An actor from Fassbinder could never work with an actor of Werner Herzog or Wim Wenders. Because if we would have done that, we would have been spies. "Ah, you worked with Werner - how was it? How did he direct you?" I was Fassbinder's actor.”
“A strong spirit transcends rules”

Source : "Genius in short" by Barney Hoskyns, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2006.
“In any relationship that comes to an end, there's never just a baseline reason why. You say, 'Oh, I broke up with my girlfriend.' Someone says, 'Why?' You say, 'Well, you got three hours? And then maybe after I tell you my version, you've got to talk to her.”
“The hypothesis of the supernatural and/or a supreme being is vague, unfounded, and inapplicable in any practical fashion”
“I want to make it clear publicly that I expect more candor from this Administration during the next four years, particularly with members on the Foreign Relations Committee so that we can maintain a bipartisan foreign policy.”
“I don't really have a type of woman.”
“Although you do look at the big picture, if you're dealing with the now, it can be kind of frustrating. You're losing basketball games, things not going the way you want it to go or should go, but at the same time we've just got to stay with it. Just stay positive, just stay focused, as a team, as a unit, because the ship easily can sink early.”
“Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources.”

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