"The concept of 'obscenity' is tested when one dares to look at something that he has an unbearable desire to see but has forbidden himself to look at. When one feels that everything that one had wanted to see has been revealed, 'obscenity' disappears, the taboo disappears as well, and there is a certain liberation."

-- Nagisa Oshima

#Desire Quotes #Looks Quotes #Unbearable Quotes

“You're an angel", Luce said, "I'm in love with an angel".”
“When a man makes a reverent face before a face that is no face - that is idol worship!”

Source : "Tales of the Hasidim : The Later Masters" by Martin Buber, translated by Olga Marx, 1948.
“Progress does not have to be patented to be worthwhile. Progress can also be measured by our interactions with nature and its preservation. Can we teach children to look at a flower and see all the things it represents: beauty, the health of an ecosystem, and the potential for healing?”
“I'm really demanding. No girl really wants just a guy. You want a prince, you want Jesus. So when he comes around and his name is, like, Steve, what are you supposed to do?”
“I looked to many, many filmmakers. I was influenced by the Neo-Realists, and by the Cuban, and the Latin American cinema, the '70s, European experimental work. And fortunately, all those influences gave me the strength to think, "I can make my way. I'm a creative person, I can try to create a way that is uniquely mine because I've seen so much, and I've experienced so much."”
“Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act in your own best interest.”
“I travel internationally a lot and I have a hard time sleeping and staying awake normally after crossing multiple time zones, especially going east. I've tried light therapy but not found it too helpful.”
“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.”

Source : Richard P. Feynman (2015). “The Quotable Feynman”, p.291, Princeton University Press

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