"Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine."

-- Paul Wellstone

#Politics Quotes #Imagine Quotes #Predictions Quotes

“A strong and bitter book-sickness floods one's soul. How ignominious to be strapped to this ponderous mass of paper, print, and dead men's sentiments!”

Source : Nicholas A. Basbanes (1995). “A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books”, Henry Holt & Company
“I prefer to take actors and put them in real settings and real locations and real situations rather than create artificial locations that serve the characters. It's just much easier when you are walking down the street with your actors to do that in a real street that's still open with people on it, rather than to close it off and bring in extras.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“The subtle dance of the body joins us to the world.”

Source : George Leonard (2009). “The Silent Pulse”, p.37, Gibbs Smith
“I try to be as faithful as possible to the facts as I understand them, but any story is at least partly a product of the imagination. I can comprehend a lot by immersing myself in all of the information I've collected, but my imagination is what brings it to life, and the bridging of that gap - between the received history and the conceived fiction - is both the most difficult and most enjoyable part of the process for me.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org. July 11, 2006.
“Now all of a sudden I'm so less interested in pretending to be a lot of other people, and much more interested in being me.”
“Violence never settles anything.”
“You don't have to fight to straighten the image of your country: You have to straighten the country. You must speak about problems openly.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“Almost all wars, perhaps all, are trade wars connected with some material interest. They are always disguised as sacred wars, made in the name of God, or civilization or progress. But all of them, or almost all of the wars, have been trade wars.”

Source : Interview with Kevin Murphy, www.oregonlive.com. July 2, 2009.

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