"Sunset Boulevard' - the story of Hollywood movies draped on a depressing sex affair - is an uncompromising study of American decadence displaying a sad, worn, methodical beauty few films have had since the late twenties."

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Source : Manny Farber (2016). “Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Faber: A Special Publication of The Library of America”, p.644, Library of America

Manny Farber

#Depressing Quotes #Sex Quotes #Sunset Quotes

“I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't.”

Source : "Don Cheadle Says President Obama Should Have Been More ‘Gangster,’ Clarifies Comments". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 30, 2011.
“Beware of advice. Consider your sources carefully. Look them up. See if you respect what they've made. Get educated. Be informed about who's real and who isn't. Study your craft and your industry, practice all the time, challenge yourself - write things you think you can't, try things you have been told you shouldn't try - leave room for surprises, and learn how to collaborate.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I can show you new things, have you feeling spiritual.”
“The old San Francisco is under attack to the point where it's disappearing”

Source : "'Beat city' fights dotcom gold rush" by Simon Davis, The Daily Telegraph, June 19, 2001.
“If you want to have a lasting influence upon the world, you must invest in people's lives; and if you want to maximize that investment, then you must invest in those people while they are young.”

Source : George Barna (2013). “Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions”, p.30, Baker Books
“I come from a place where people get high, the grades get low, and if someone has a secret EVERYONE KNOWS.”
“The fatalism of the limits-to-growth alternative is reasonable only if one ignores all the resources beyond our atmosphere, resources thousands of times greater than we could ever obtain from our beleaguered Earth. As expressed very beautifully in the language of House Concurrent Resolution 451, 'This tiny Earth is not humanity's prison, is not a closed and dwindling resource, but is in fact only part of a vast system rich in opportunities...'”
“It is difficult to argue with the belly, for it has no ears.”

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