"The 'human situation,' in all its guises, is what good films are all about, and technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity."

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Source : Edward Dmytryk (2012). “On Film Editing”, p.145, Taylor & Francis

Edward Dmytryk

#Skills Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Today I will run for pure, absolute joy!”
“He who knows Love becomes Love, and he knows All beings are himself, twin-born of Love.”

Source : Elsa Barker, “He Who Knows Love”
“I have a pathological terror of falling through ice. I nearly drowned once. I fell off a boat and got a cramp, and was rescued by an oil-rig diver, a great bear of a man who simply leant into the water and scooped me out with one finger.”
“Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)”
“In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.”

Source : Once Around the Sun (1951) 8 Feb.
“In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with.”
“A black...gets a job with a white-owned company. He is the only black at the firm. He works hard, but he's fighting a losing battle against his genes.”
“Our history shows that what we must do is assert domination over the machine, to guide it so that it works for the values of our choice.”

Source : Charles A. Reich (1970). “The Greening of America”

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