"We lost our innocence in the Fall, and our turn to it is through the Redemption which was brought about by Christ's death and by our slow participation in it. Sentimentality is a skipping of this process in its concrete reality and an early arrival at a mock state of innocence, which strongly suggests its opposite."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Fall Quotes #Reality Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“I want to work in revelations, not just spin silly tales for money. I want to fish as deep down as possible into my own subconscious in the belief that once that far down, everyone will understand because they are the same that far down.”
“I like to be directed, but when I'm flying and I'm on fire, I don't want someone coming and getting in my way just because they feel like they need to.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The alienation of man thus appeared as the fundamental evil of capitalist society.”
“I spent hours on the internet looking at how glamorous actresses winked and how they would put their hand on their waist, and I was told to look at how they would walk in a room and how her body takes place of everything”

Source : "[Cannes Interview] ‘The Artist’ Director Michel Hazanavicius and Star Berenice Bejo". Interview with Raffi Asdourian, thefilmstage.com. May 18, 2011.
“When something needs to be said, you look for a man to say it. But when something needs actually to be done, you look for a woman.”
“I grew up in Hollywood but not in any rich neighborhood.”
“I have loved flowers that fade,Within whose magic tentsRich hues have marriage madeWith sweet unmemoried scents:A honeymoon delight,A joy of love at sight,That ages in an hourMy song be like a flower!”

Source : Robert Bridges (1912). “Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas”
“The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to.”

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