"I'm guided by my enthusiasm."

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Source : "Conversation: Director Jonathan Demme on His New Film and Hero, Carolyn Parker". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. September 20, 2012.

Jonathan Demme

#Enthusiasm Quotes

“Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre.”
“There's a lot of unrest. There are a lot of people who are unhappy. I don't want to say I'm their hero, but a lot of people have said that... It's like this in every job, I think. There's certain people who are afforded privileges and maybe, maybe don't deserve them.”
“There are some tales not for telling, whether because they are too long, too precious, too laughable, too painful, too easy to need telling or too hard to explain. After all, after years and travels my secrets are all I have left to chew on in the night.”
“Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own.”
“Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid; it's also in the system, the society.”
“The best recipe for happiness and contentment I've seen is this: dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts and put into it all your disillusions, disappointments, regrets, worries, troubles, doubts, and fears. Cover well with the earth of fruitfulness. Water it from the well of contentment. Sow on top the seeds of hope, courage, strength, patience, and love. Then when the time for gathering comes, may your harvest be a rich and fruitful one.”
“Real leaders are people who â€œhelp us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get ourselves to do on our own.”
“The vision of personalised public services - meeting the individual needs of all our citizens - requires continuing reform in the way services are delivered”

Source : Gordon Brown (2006). “Speeches, 1997-2006”, Bloomsbury Pub Limited

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