"I write these words to bear witness to the primacy of resistance struggle in any situation of domination (even within family life); to the strength and power that emerges from sustained resistance and the profound conviction that these forces can be healing, can protect us from dehumanization and despair."

-- Bell Hooks

#Struggle Quotes #Healing Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe, we're a little better on our instruments.”

Source : "The Only Late is Never". Interview with Marc Masters, Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. November 12, 2010.
“The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar.”
“Fighting clutter is like fighting weeds-the writer is always slightly behind,”
“I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.”
“There is, and always has been, one tremendous ruler of the human race - and that ruler is that combination of the opinions of all, the leveling up of universal sense which is called public sentiment. That is the ever-present regulator and police of humanity.”
“Frank's audience doesn't care if a girl singer, a comic or an organ grinder with a monkey opens the show. They are there to see HIM.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Your freedom to be you includes my freedom to be free from you.”
“Most Russians don't treat the government, or those in power, as something close to them. They don't believe that they, as ordinary people, are able to change the development of things. That's why they have a very specific ironic sentiment towards power and the figures that represent it. I wanted to translate this irony into the cinematic language.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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