"Orson Welles's second 'I-did-it' should show once and for all that film making, radio and the stage are three different guys better kept separated. 'The Magnificent Ambersons' is one of those versions of the richest family in town during the good old days."

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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.91, Library of America

Manny Farber

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“There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists.”
“You can't be what you don't see. I didn't think about being a doctor. I didn't even think about being a clerk in a store, I'd never seen a black clerk in a clothing store.”
“Life has been messy for me, as it has for most everyone. I have come to the realization that challenging experiences break us all at some pointâ€”our bodies and minds, our hearts and egos. When we put ourselves back together, we find that we are no longer perfectly straight, but rather bent and cracked. Yet it is through these cracks that our authenticity shines. It is by revealing these cracks that we can learn to see and be seen deeply.”
“I fear God and respect God and love God.”
“Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time.”
“You donâ€™t have to feel safe to feel unafraid.”
“The protesters, in Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv, revealed an open and raw wound at the heart of Israeli society, the pain of a community crying out over a sense of discrimination, racism, and of being unanswered.”
“You can see God from anywhere if your mind is set to love and obey Him.”

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