"I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon."

-- Sydney Pollack

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“Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.”
“Cheers was one of the first shows where I paid attention to the writers because their [work] was better than everything else I was watching. The writers weren't afraid to let a joke fall slightly flat if it advanced the characters.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com
“Not really, definitely not from any outside sources. If there was any pressure it was just from ourselves. We just wanted to make sure that what we were doing was right. But, you know, when you're dealing with any kind of art, I think pressure really doesn't help at all. All you can do is give what comes out of you - and that's what we did.”
“This fraternity... makes it possible... for so many millions of people, not so much to kill, as willingly to die for such limited imaginings.”

Source : Benedict Anderson (2006). “Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism”, p.7, Verso
“There is no escalator to [hockey] success only steps.”
“The rules of engagement are so lax that soldiers are shooting and killing Iraqis under mere suspicion, and tragedies are everyday. There are road killings, killings on the road when someone is trying to pass a convoy and they get shot. Or if a roadside bomb goes off, the soldiers just start shooting in all directions.”
“The current wisdom now is that if the three networks are covering the news the same way the difference is the anchor people. I think that won't be true in the future.”
“It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.”

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