"There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness."

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Source : Recalled on his death in People, 16 Sep 1991.

Frank Capra

#Sin Quotes #Cardinals Quotes #Filmmaking Quotes

“Every moment happens twice: inside and outside, and they are two different histories.”

Source : Zadie Smith (2003). “White Teeth”, p.299, Vintage
“All of my creation is an effort to weave a web of connection with the world: I am always weaving it because it was once broken.”
“It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.”
“I donâ€™t like to do negatives. There are always pluses to things.”
“Religion is not knowledge. Religion is love. The word 'religion' comes from a root which means binding together - falling into love, becoming one.”
“exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience. It is the unhealable rift forced between a human being and a native place, between the self and its true home: its essential sadness can never be surmounted. And while it is true that literature and history contain heroic, romantic, glorious, even triumphant episodes in an exileâ€™s life, these are no more than efforts meant to overcome the crippling sorrow of estrangement.”

Source : Edward W. Said (2013). “Reflections On Exile: And Other Literary And Cultural Essays”, p.212, Granta Books
“But most importantly, we can all be donors. It does not matter how old you are, your race, where you live; all of us can give the gift of life.”
“No literature is richer than that of the sea. No story is more enthralling, no tradition is more secure.”

Source : Felix Riesenberg (1926). “Vignettes of the Sea”

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