"While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I believe goes one step further. It compels the spectator to examine one facet or another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and sets the mental juices flowing."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Sidney Lumet

#Believe Quotes #Goal Quotes #Juice Quotes

“Coyness is a rather comically pathetic fault, a miscalculation in which, by trying to veil the ego, we let it appear stark naked.”

Source : Louis Kronenberger (1964). “The cart and the horse”
“I wish Iâ€™d a knowed more people. I would of loved â€˜em all. If Iâ€™d a knowed more, I would a loved more”
“After all, an overvalued dollar gives us the ability to buy foreign goods at lower prices. And the existing volume of exports brings more yen and euros than they would if the dollar were more competitive.”
“Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.”
“The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as a result of ancient prohibitions.”
“Sweet sleep fell upon his eyelids, unwakeful, most pleasant, the nearest like death.”
“He found a set of encyclopediasâ€”like Wikipedia, but paper and very bulky.”
“People think that digital language is a fixed language, but it's not: it's very fluid. It's like I'm doing a painting where the paint refuses to dry.”

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