"Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them"

-- Daniel Berrigan

#Trying Quotes #Actors Quotes #Documentaries Quotes

“The function of the prosecutor under the federal Constitution is not to tack as many skins of victims as possible against the wall. His function is to vindicate the rights of the people as expressed in the laws and give those accused of crime a fair trial.”
“A wise man thinks it more advantageous not to join the battle than to win.”
“I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.”
“I don't understand why we have laws that prevent someone from walking a school campus and selling alcohol or drugs but somehow can't feed our children who attend those schools a healthy balanced diet, which I think is a lot worse. It's offensive and I think anyone who isn't offended by it is an idiot.”

Source : Source: nyc.brightestyoungthings.com
“It's over. The franchise is dead. The press killed it. Your magazine f**king killed it. New York Magazine. It's like all the critics got together and said, 'This franchise must die.' Because they all had the exact same review. It's like they didn't see the movie. Got any more gum?”
“My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.”
“The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.”

Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 251), 1994.
“We launch when we're kind of in the same orbit that they are in terms of being matched up in inclination in space, and we're just in a little different altitude.”

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