"Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works."

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Source : "Toronto International Film Festival 2002: An interview with Frederick Wiseman, director of The Last Letter". Interview with David Walsh, www.wsws.org. October 2, 2002.

Frederick Wiseman

#Mind Quotes #World Quotes #Way Quotes

“What I am, at any given moment in the process of my becoming a person, will be determined by my relationships with those who love me or refuse to love me, with those whom I love or refuse to love.”
“There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.”
“Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. I have been frightened half out of my foolish wits, but I have somehow earned this joy; I have been waiting for it for so long.”
“All Church power arises from the indwelling of the Spirit; therefore those in whom the Spirit dwells are the seat of Church power. But the Spirit dwells in the whole Church, and therefore the whole Church is the seat of Church power.”
“When God wanted to create the horse, he said to the South Wind, "I want to make a creature of you. Condense." And the Wind condensed.”
“So, I'm not impressed by BP's promises and I'm not ready to take the word of a company with a track record of pursuing profit over safety.”
“I don't suppose there's really any critic except posterity.”
“There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.”

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