"Whoever thinks he is objective must already be half drunk."

-- Lu Xun

#Thinking Quotes #Drunk Quotes #Prejudice Quotes

“It seems to me that today, if the artist wishes to be serious - to cut out a little original niche for himself, or at least preserve his own innocence of personality - he must once more sink himself in solitude. There is too much talk and gossip; pictures are apparently made, like stock-market prices, by competition of people eager for profit; in order to do anything at all we need (so to speak) the wit and ideas of our neighbors as much as the businessmen need the funds of others to win on the market. All this traffic sharpens our intelligence and falsifies our judgment.”
“The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibilityâ”€â”€of being unable to undo what one has doneâ”€â”€is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for the chaotic uncertainty of the future, is contained in the faculty to make and keep promises. Both faculties depend upon plurality, on the presence and acting of others, for no man can forgive himself and no one can be bound by a promise made only to himself.”
“If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.”
“For me, it was always clear that Toni Erdmann is more a film about what globalization, capitalism, does with private relationships much more than making a "political" film. It's more interesting to raise questions, because I don't feel in a position to "make a statement" with the film. Toni Erdmann comes from a completely different generation then his daughter, it's the post-war generation, they were very politically engaged. They raised their children with a lot of human worldviews, sent them out in the world believing in a world without borders.”
“There should be nothing I can't live without.”
“If it's true love, then it will abide. If it was a fleeting crush, then it will turn to dust. Either way, the truth will out.”

Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2008). “Sweet Love”, p.11, Penguin
“There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new.”
“Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.”

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