"Filmâ€™s thought of as a directorâ€™s medium because the director creates the end product that appears on the screen. Itâ€™s that stupid auteur theory again, that the director is the author of the film. But what does the director shoot-the telephone book? Writers became much more important when sound came in, but theyâ€™ve had to put up a valiant fight to get the credit they deserve."

-- Billy Wilder

#Stupid Quotes #Book Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is also an important investment based upon the potential achievements that come from us paying our taxes.”
“Surely going to bed with a man before marriage was the most courageous act of my life.”
“I watched Westerns from the time I was a girl. My dad was a big Western fan. I always loved Clint Eastwood movies and Westworld, where the guy gets trapped in a western-themed amusement park. The western motif was fascinating to me.”
“Neither the good nor the true is self-realizing, so it is not generally a sufficient explanation of why people believe that X that X is true, or of why people do Y that Y is good.”

Source : "Philosophy and Real Politics". Book by Raymond Geuss, 2008.
“Or, in truth, eventually, though I still noticed, the callouses on my spirit prevented wounds (p.75).”
“Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.”
“The oil acts like a cleanser. When you put it in your mouth and work it around your teeth and gums it â€˜pullsâ€™ out bacteria and other debris,”
“Step aside from all thinking, and there is nowhere you can't go.”

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