"A film is born in my head and I kill it on paper. It is brought back to life by the actors and then killed in the camera. It is then resurrected into a third and final life in the editing room where the dismembered pieces are assembled into their finished form."

-- Robert Bresson

#Editing Quotes #Actors Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance.”
“He had a word, too. Love, he called it. But I had been used to words for a long time. I knew that that word was like the others: just a shape to fill a lack; that when the right time came, you wouldn't need a word for that any more than for pride or fear....One day I was talking to Cora. She prayed for me because she believed I was blind to sin, wanting me to kneel and pray too, because people to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.”
“Part of being creative is not being super-duper focused.”
“The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.”
“She cannot see an institution without hitting it with her handbag.”

Source : Julian Critchley (1985). “Westminster Blues: Minor Chords”, Hamish Hamilton
“Life of the soul is union with God, as life of the body is union with the soul. As the soul was separated from God and died in consequence of the violation of the commandment, so by obedience to the commandment it is again united to God and is quickened. This is why the Lord says in the Gospels, 'The words I speak to you are spirit and life' (Jn. 6:63).”
“The enormously diverse culture where people can agree and disagree is just amazing, and to learn about the events that took place here over millennia has been fantastic. It's a trip I'll never forget.”
“The most important thing whenever we're connecting kids to books, is that we try to match the book to the kid and make sure that reading is a fun, rewarding experience outside the classroom.”

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