"We will never know the extent of the damage movies are doing to us, but movie art, it appears, thrives on moral chaos. When the country is paralyzed, the popular culture may tell us why. After innocence, winners become losers. Movies are probably inuring us to corruption; the sellout is the hero-survivor for our times."

-- Pauline Kael

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“It used to be standard practice that the pre-match meal consisted of egg, steak and chicken. But I talked them into changing to complex carbohydrates. So now they will sup on porridge, pasta or rice.”
“The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.”
“A lot of people attack the sea, I make love to it.”
“All I know is that once JuliÃ¡n told the kids in the building that he had a sister only he could see. He said she came out of mirrors as if she were made of thin air and that she lived with Satan himself in a palace at the bottom of a lake.”
“Seduction is about intelligence and wit. Someone who makes me laugh has every chance to seduce me.”
“I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.”
“Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything theyâ€™ve known since childhoodâ€¦â€¦. They worry that if theyâ€™re simple, people will think theyâ€™re simple minded. In reality, of course, itâ€™s just the reverse. Clear, tough minded people are the most simple.”
“I believe there's a god above me, I'm just the god of everything else!”

Source : Song: New God Flow

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