"Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special."

-- Irving Kaufman

#Special Quotes #Costumes Quotes #Imagine Quotes

“Reading isn't the opposite of doing, it's the opposite of dying.”

Source : Will Schwalbe (2012). “The End of Your Life Book Club”, p.11, Vintage
“If a government is to do great new things, it will need more support. If a government is to change the world, it will need mass support. This is one of the discoveries of modern government.”

Source : "In Defence Of Politics". Book by Bernard Crick, 1962.
“Finn smiled ruefully. "I'm a Prisoner, old man. Just like you.”
“There was great political uncertainty in South Asia at the time of the Buddha. The older small tribal societies were cracking up and gave way to bigger states. There was much more trade and travel going on than before. To people in the cities the experience of living in a small place where you knew everyone and governed your affairs by consensual democracy had been lost.”
“I don't care what they do with my book so long as the flippin check clears.”
“You live and then you die, I thought. It's good to have some good times.”
“Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel.”
“"In Africa," S. B. once remarked, "if you do well, people close to you will hate you."”

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