"Now, I have to - in my defense, I have the say that general knowledge of the deadly nature of cigarettes was not primarily in my mind and nor was it on these poor cowboys, who - many of whom who've died of emphysema since we were shooting."

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Source : "Remembering Oscar-Winning Cinematographer Haskell Wexler". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 29, 2015.

Haskell Wexler

#Cowboy Quotes #Mind Quotes #Defense Quotes

“The Covenant of the League of Nations had envisaged sponsoring only the protection of certain categories of men: national minorities and populations of territories controlled by other countries.”
“No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl's heart.”

Source : Nancy Thayer (2014). “Morning”, p.47, Ballantine Books
“Baseball is going to end some day. I realize that as soon as you retire you know, people forget about you in this game fast! There's the next young guy coming up that's always better than you. So, for me, it's just about using baseball as a platform to do a lot of things.”

Source : Source: www.cbn.com
“Man is made or unmade by himself. In the armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.”
“Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible.”
“i Believe In The Fire Of Love And The Sweat Of Truth”
“Committee meetings are always held at inconvenient times and usually take place in dark, dusty rooms the temperatures of which are unsuited to the human body.”
“Beauty is nature’s way of acting at a distance.”

Source : "A Darwinian theory of beauty". TED conference, www.ted.com. February 2010.

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