"It is an illusion to suppose that a Dictator makes himself; at most he seizes an opportunity made for him by passive, stupid, incompetent, and above all, unsatisfied and fearful men."

-- Susan Stebbing

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“Risking one's life can be strangely liberating. That's what the sea counsels me.”

Source : Diane Wilson (2005). “An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas”, p.389, Chelsea Green Publishing
“Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten.”
“It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.”
“The name of the game is no-limit Texas Hold'em, the game that takes a minute to learn but a lifetime to master.”
“The price of freedom is still, and always will be, eternal vigilance.”
“Actors and burglars work better at night.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Maybe it's the remnants of my religious upbringing, but I do try and insert a sense of social justice into the work ... for instance, to me, Mansfield Park is a story about servitude and slavery. Other people may have a problem with that, but that's how I read the book and so that's how I shot the movie.”

Source : "Weird Sex & Snowshoes: And Other Canadian Film Phenomena". Book by Katherine Monk, 2001.
“I am never interested in the individual, but in the human species and its environment.”

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