"You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy."

-- Michel Gondry

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“Happiness is not an acquisition - it is a skill. We do not experience happiness because of what we get. We experience happiness because of how we live each moment.”

Source : Barbara De Angelis (2013). “Real Moments: Discover the Secret for True Happiness”, p.26, Dell
“There is no level playing field. Any time our society says that a powerful chemical company has the same right as a low income family that's living next door, that playing field is not level, is not fair.”
“Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate.”
“What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.”
“A person with a positive attitude is like a fruit of all seasons.”
“I am a thing not new, I am as old As human nature. I am that which lurks, Ready to spring whenever a bar is loosed; The ancient trait which fights incessantly Against restraint, balks at the upward climb; The weight forever seeking to obey The law of downward pull; and I am more: The bitter fruit am I of planted seed; The resultant, the inevitable end Of evil forces and the powers of wrong.”

Source : James Weldon Johnson, “Brothers”
“When we put someone in our jail cell of hatred, we are stuck guarding the door.”
“It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.”

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