"The media ... is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on Earth. Stand back and you get the drift."

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Source : Bernard Ingham (1992). “Kill the messenger”, Burns & Oates

Bernard Ingham

#Media Quotes #Oil Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Literary revolution and revolutionary literature did not create a beautiful new world but instead divested literature of its basic nature, promoted violence, and, by resorting to linguistic violence, made a battlefield of this domain of spiritual freedom.”
“To use an image, making a film is like climbing a mountain or crossing an ocean. Every day has its challenges.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Involved in my own entrails and a crust Turning a pitted surface towards a space, I am a world that watches through a sky And is persuaded by mirrors To regard its being as an external shell, One of a universe of stars and faces.”
“The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.”
“Trust is transcendent, resolute, universal, sacred and tolerant.”
“You know, I'm not in a hurry, and everybody else in Hollywood - particularly agents and managers - they're all in a hurry.”
“Who says that actors are cattle? Show me a cow who can earn a million dollars a film.”
“If I am dissatisfied, it's simply because good photos are few and far between. A good photo is a miracle.”

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