"The task of cinema or any other art form is not to translate hidden messages of the unconscious soul into art but to experiment with the effects contemporary technical devices have on nerves, minds, or souls."

-- Maya Deren

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“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.”
“In this political climate, people are so shut down to other ideas - I call it a hardening of the categories - that if you can get them to open up and laugh, there is a possibility of improvement, and a possibility of change. I think humor sneaks up on people, and before you know it, you're laughing at something you might not agree with.”
“Me and Don Henley are fast acquaintances now, or something. He actually got on stage and sang with me.”

Source : Interview with Jeff Stratton, www.avclub.com. August 25, 1999.
“Vlad decided that teachers' ideas were a lot like bunches of garlic-intriguing from afar, but up close sadly sickening and, if you weren't careful, DEADLY.”

Source : Heather Brewer (2008). “Eighth Grade Bites #1: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod”, p.33, Penguin
“The object of (Christian) faith is not the teaching but the Teacher.”
“If you want to find guys with small penises, go to the Hummer dealership.”
“The cross is the great jewel of the Christian faith and like every great jewel it has many precious facets that are each worthy of examining for their brilliance and beauty.”
“Be egalitarian regarding persons. Be elitist regarding ideas.”

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