"The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable."

-- C. Vann Woodward

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Discovery Quotes

“Michael Moore's first big film "Roger & Me" has an extremely powerful scene in which a family in Flint, Michigan is evicted right around Christmas. That was an inspiration to me to document the stories of people living on the edge as they're happening. My aim in "A House Divided" was to explore the urgent challenges of housing inequity in New York through the eyes of Norman Lear.”
“The irony is I did an intimate film in France with no stars and that got me to Hollywood. It got me to the Oscars. If I had tried to imitate the Americans or the Hollywood movies with a commercial recipe, I'd never have gotten to Hollywood. Although, it was not my goal in any way, and I never thought there was any connection between Monsieur Lazhar and the Oscars.”
“It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom.”
“Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.”
“[Didier] Drogba sent me a text message after I won the African Player of the Year award. It made me very happy.”
“Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good.”
“Forget your opponents; always play against par.”
“Sexuality is the great field of battle between biology and society.”

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