"We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled. For the rest, I don"

-- Baruch Spinoza

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“Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that.”
“It's a mistake and misconception to think that one has to state everything clearly and simply for the audience to be able to follow the character, and this is what is bringing American cinema down from its position in the classic golden period. There's this misapprehension that the audience is not smart.”

Source : "‘The Past’ Director Asghar Farhadi Says Illusion That Audiences Don’t Like Complication Is Hurting American Cinema (Q&A)" by Ryan Lattanzio, www.indiewire.com. December 12, 2013.
“Muslims have to give up three things if they want to become Europeans: They have to bid farewell to the idea of converting others, and renounce the Jihad. The third thing they need to give up is the Shariah, which is the Islamic legal system.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I don't know what to say other than you're really honored another team is looking at you.”
“We're the real estate industry - not the manufacturers.”
“What if a puppet could cut its own strings, and in that act of defiance and strength of will become truly alive? Become is own puppetmaster?”
“Barn's burnt down...now I can see the moon.”
“Nothing so mystical. Human beings hunger for killing, that is all. It only takes a few politicians to stoke division, or a few demagogues encouraging hatred to set your kind upon one another. And then before you know it, you have a whole nation biting on its own tail, going round and round until there is nothing left but the snapping of teeth.”

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