"He was, albeit only briefly, the hero of the world's hopes."

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Source : David Cannadine (1998). “History in Our Time”, Penguin Group USA

David Cannadine

#War Quotes #Hero Quotes #World Quotes

“As he demonstrated with 'Juno' and 'Up in the Air,' Reitman has an uncanny knack among contemporary directors for tapping into the zeitgeist in dramatically satisfying ways.”
“The Left is my family. And it is threatened by terrible demons, like differentialism. "differentialist Left" are people who have learned nothing about tolerance. Or justice. People who, hiding behind a backward sense of tolerance and justice, explain to us that we must accept all the actions of all civilizations, including the stoning of adulterous wives or the mutilation of little girls.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that.”
“People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten whence they came and whither they go.”
“A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement”

Source : Clement Richard Attlee, Francis Williams (1962). “Twilight of Empire: Memoirs of Prime Minister Clement Attlee”
“I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.”
“America has a rap sheet. You can't police the world and tell the world how to act when you're just as bad yourself.”
“Horror movies, man, the blood entails so much time. And horror movies are not fun; definitely not starting there as a director. Definitely not horror.”

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