"I don't consider myself a sociologist, I consider myself a filmmaker, among other things. Maybe an asshole but a filmmaker."

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Source : Source: www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk

Melvin Van Peebles

#Filmmaker Quotes #Sociologists Quotes

“When computers (people) are networked, their power multiplies geometrically. Not only can people share all that information inside their machines, but they can reach out and instantly tap the power of other machines (people), essentially making the entire network their computer.”
“A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.”
“There are, besides, eternal truths, such as Freedom, , etc., that are common to all states of society. But Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis; it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience.”

Source : Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Philip Gasper (2005). “The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document”, p.68, Haymarket Books
“Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start.”

Source : "Jason Collins’ Courage in Coming Out" by Abbe Land, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 1, 2013.
“In the target seats we have been going like a bomb and there is a great deal of confidence. I think there's going to be a great deal of regional variation throughout the UK.”
“Directors are denied a great pleasure, which is that of being on stage.”
“A critic is a person who rationalizes his likes and dislikes in such impressive language that the layman thinks he is reasoning instead of rationalizing.”
“Cerise ran through the course in her mind. â€œThree miles, stream on the right, Mozer Lake, Tinybear, Bigbear, Millerâ€™s Path.â€ She paused, not sure if sheâ€™d said it correctly. â€œThree miles, stream on the right, Mozer Lake, Tinybear, Bigbear, Millerâ€™s Path.â€ â€œThank you, Dora. Put the sword back into Backpack and weâ€™ll go.â€ He nodded at the river. â€œWho is Dora?â€ â€œYou are. Dora the Explorer. Vamanos. Put the sword away or I will take it from you.”

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