"I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly."

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Source : "Alexander Payne: Life after Sideways" by Simon Hattestone, www.theguardian.com. January 13, 2012.

Alexander Payne

#Thinking Quotes #Age Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect the innocent.”
“I don't feel particularly attached to Israel - 'nationalism,' as Noam Chomsky said, 'is not my cup of tea' - but I feel no particular need to demonize it.”
“Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.”
“Being brave doesnâ€™t mean we have no fear - it means we refuse to be overcome by it.”
“Don't drive as if you own the road; drive as if you own the car.”
“The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is not an ivory tower or a quiet room in a sanitarium facing away from the afternoon sun. It is, rather, a command center, a power base. A board room, a war room. An Oval Office for all who preside over their own destinies. One does not retreat from the world here; one prepares to join it at an advantage.”

Source : Eric Burns (1995). “The Joy of Books: Confessions of a Lifelong Reader”
“You canâ€™t change the world, but you can change yourself. That adage suits consumer capitalism perfectly, since the illusion of changing ourselves is a successfully maintained through shopping.”
“It's looks like someone slapped you in the face with a fruit roll-up or something!”

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

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