"Our desire to conform is greater than our respect for objective facts."

-- Margaret Drabble

#Desire Quotes #Facts Quotes #Conform Quotes

“I think all movies are political. The ones that are not political intentionally are the worst, and have the worst politics, I think.”
“The life you save may very well be your own.”
“A modicum of discord is the very spice of courtship.”
“For example, in my own State of Arizona, an Israeli scientist is working with an Arizona company on a demonstration project involving a very fast-growing algae which can be used to power a biomass energy plan.”
“You have to leave the window open for better classes to come along as you go. You can't grow too proud of your script. You have to let the thing shape itself. It guarantees the best classes will always be used and it also keeps you from going braindead. If you grow bored and uninspired working on something, the audience will be able to tell.”

Source : Source: www.notcoming.com
“Say I'm a bird! Say it! Say it now!" "You're a bird." "Now say you're a bird too." "If you're a bird, I'm a bird.”
“History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.”

Source : Supers and Supermen (1920) "Some Historians"
“Nothing could be further from the truth than the claim that we have a choice between cutting tax and cutting unemployment, for the two go hand in hand.”

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