"Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long."

-- George Bernard Shaw

#Inspirational Quotes #Wise Quotes #Men Quotes

“The work of art ... is an instrument for tilling the human psyche, that it may continue to yield a harvest of vital beauty.”
“A lot of people think Japanese food is difficult, a lot of work. But you don't have to buy the knife I have. You don't have to train as long as I have. You can do my cooking in your kitchen.”
“A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.”
“Whether these characters are lovable or detestable, they're lovable or detestable in a TV way - defined by a minimal set of traits that are endlessly reiterated and incapable of expansion or alteration, a fixed loop.”

Source : Jonathan Rosenbaum (2004). “Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons”, p.155, JHU Press
“On his character Dean in Blue Valentine: It's sad, because he just doesn't have any ambition outside of loving his wife and his daughter, which should be enough but doesn't seem to be enough in this case.”
“Speaking generally, I think it's useful to acknowledge explicitly the power imbalance between a journalist and the protagonists in a story about poor people, even to make that imbalance part of the story - and to redress it, narratively, where you can.”
“I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“All loans, in the eyes of honest borrowers, must eventually be repaid. All credit is debt. Proposals for an increased volume of credit, therefore, are merely another name for proposals for an increased burden of debt. They would seem considerably less inviting if they were habitually referred to by the second name instead of by the first.”

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