"I demand that a film express either the joy of making cinema or the agony of making cinema. I am not at all interested in anything in between."

-- Francois Truffaut

#Agony Quotes #Joy Quotes #Cinema Quotes

“What is the sound of one hand?”
“I wanted to be the kind of woman who would attract a certain kind of man that I could respect. That was my thinking. It had to do with the kind of couple I would be a part of.”
“English poetry begins whenever we decide to say the modern English language begins, and it extends as far as we decide to say that the English language extends.”
“If you're a single man and you happen to be in this business, you're deemed a player. But I don't see myself as a ladies' man.”
“To save the world is the simplest thing in the world. All one has to do is think.”

Source : Leonard Peikoff (1993). “Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand”, p.388, Penguin
“The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.”
“I'm doing my job. I'm doing what's expected out of me, and I'm proud of the way I've been able to perform and contribute.”
“When we leap, we must leap as though the net will appear. A leap in life, however big or small, is an act of commitment with the expectation of success.”

Source : John O'Hurley (2006). “It's Okay to Miss the Bed on the First Jump: And Other Life Lessons I Learned from Dogs”, p.33, Penguin

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