"Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.'"

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Source : "15 Questions with Jehane Noujaim". Interview with Synne D. Chapman, www.thecrimson.com. May 14, 2008.

Jehane Noujaim

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“When your institution is under assault, you're feeling like the weight is on it and the history might be flowing away, don't turn inward, go outward.”
“American capitalism finds its sharpest and most expressive reflection in the American cinema.”

Source : Sergei Eisenstein (1964). “Film form: essays in film theory, and The film sense”
“The blues scale was the first thing I learned. It's just a pentatonic scale with a flat seventh and a few notes that sound cool when you bend them. And because people have amalgamated the blues into this rock-blues scale, if you're using it, you better sound like a real authentic blues player.”
“The point of justice and mercy anyway is not â€˜they deserve itâ€™ but â€˜this is the way Godâ€™s world should beâ€™, and we are called to do those things that truly anticipate the way Godâ€™s world WILL be.”
“The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.”

Source : "Boundaries And Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.
“They held each other and wept as the night closed its fist around their tiny shelter, and the world below them seethed with killers both living and dead.”
“Environmentalism is a personal thing - but it's also a planetary thing. It's about making deep connections. But it's also about recognizing the very human connection between species diversification and ourselves.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Glamour is an attitude-it's the expression of a certain kind of confidence. A glamorous woman is always elegant, but she also possesses an air of mystery and excitement. She's dramatic-almost untouchable.”

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