"Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions."

-- Randal Marlin

#Democracy Quotes #Action Quotes #Pretext Quotes

“There's something beautiful about keeping certain aspects of your life hidden. Maybe people and clouds are beautiful because you can't see everything.”
“I wanted to make a cinema of ideas, not plots, and to use the same aesthetics as painting, which has always paid great attention to formal devices of structure, composition and framing.”
“You get so used to lying that after a while it's hard to remember what the truth is.”

Source : Inside the Company (1975). Agee has long had that problem.
“You can and must understand computers NOW.”
“In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.”
“During my stage shows, I am so energetic. It's constant! I just don't stand still. I actually got given a mic stand from my team to say 'Just calm down. Stand still for at least two songs.' But now I just pick it up and walk around with it.”
“He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.”
“I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation.”

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