"And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you."

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Denis Johnson

#People Quotes #Ridiculous Quotes #Helping Quotes

“The passion for playing Chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world”
“Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.”
“I love doing action scenes, there's that great thing when you sort of stop acting because if you're running, you're not acting like you're running, you are just actually running.”
“I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.”
“If you're not living your truth, you're living a lie.”
“The opposite of addiction is human connection. And I think that has massive implications for the war on drugs. The treatment of drug addicts almost everywhere in the world is much closer to Tent City than it is to anything in Portugal. Our laws are built around the belief that drug addicts need to be punished to stop them. But if pain and trauma and isolation cause addiction, then inflicting more pain and trauma and isolation is not going to solve that addiction. Itâ€™s actually going to deepen it.”

Source : "Johann Hari: 'I failed badly. When you harm people, you should shut up, go away and reflect on what happened'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2015.
“You're not supposed to have iron bars around you - no one is supposed to have that. You're supposed to fall down hills and get lonely, and find your own food and get wet when it rains. That's what happens when you're alive.”
“Some people look at the surface, while some see what's deep down. The most important thing is that the film should somehow stay with them until the very end.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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