"Often I think the novels I read won't make very good movies - I better not say which I'm looking at for potential films! - but it's nice to have an excuse to just sit and read for a whole day."

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Source : "My week: Christopher Hampton" by Christopher Hampton, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2009.

Christopher Hampton

#Nice Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Good Movie Quotes

“Poor and free rather than rich and enslaved. Of course, men want to be both rich and free, and this is what leads them at times to be poor and enslaved.”
“The illegal wildlife trade threatens not only the survival of entire species, such as elephants and rhinos, but also the livelihoods and, often, the very lives of millions of people across Africa who depend on tourism for a living.”
“Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.”
“I know that some filmmakers strive for a kind of naturalistic approach, but you're never going to capture something that's really natural - just the simple fact that you choose to put a frame around something means that you've already chosen one particular thing to put more attention on.”
“Michael Jackson has an anti-Semitic streak, and hasn't learned from his past mistakes. It seems every time he has a problem in his life, he blames it on Jews.”

Source : "Jackson Told To Apologize for "Anti-Semitic Rant" by wenn.com, November 25, 2005.
“No Palestinian, young or old, would be frightened by these Israeli tactics.”

Source : "Islamic Jihad member killed in phone booth explosion", www.cnn.com. April 5, 2001.
“I have arthritis. The space around my spinal cord has become compressed.”
“I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes.”

Source : "Liu Xiaobo: 'No Enemies, No Hatred,' Only Courage". "All Things Considered", www.npr.org. February 16, 2012.

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