"There is a perversion, much practised in Hollywood movies, that might be called sado-paternalism, whereby a surrogate father treats a gifted but difficult pupil with derision and constant punishment. The aim is to bring out the best in the victim and to make him into a he-man or...a he-woman."

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Source : "The Guardian" by Philip French, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2006.

Philip French

#Father Quotes #Men Quotes #Hollywood Quotes

“So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program. Everyone was doing exactly the same elements.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist.”
“Every Body has so good an Opinion of their own Understanding as to think their own way the best.”
“Maybe the world wasnâ€™t made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages. Maybe there were just people. People who were tired and hurt and lonely and kind in their own way and their own time.”
“The rule is: donâ€™t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.”
“Well, you know, with every character, if you're going to expose yourself, you've got to figure out every detail that you're going to play. So there's no character that you can just go put on his shirt and be fully prepared.”
“One does not have to sleep with, or even touch, someone who has paid for your meal. All those obligations are hereby rendered null and void, and any man who doesn't think so needs a quick jab in the kidney.”

Source : Cynthia Heimel (1983). “Sex Tips For Girls: Lust, Love, and Romance from the Lives of Single Women”, p.91, Simon and Schuster
“America does not like losers. Look how we treated those soldiers who came back from Vietnam. Because they lost. America likes winners.”

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