"I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters."

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David Lean

#Character Quotes #Directors Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.”
“The collective shortfall of the 3.08 billion people (47 percent of world population) who, in 2005, lived below $2.50 per day was $507 billion per annum, which indeed comes to about two-thirds of the present US military budget. This gives us a rough sense of how much the eradication of poverty would cost.”

Source : Source: www.truth-out.org
“Nature, the sun itself, produces color effects... instantaneously. The impression of these evanescent visions is what we make desperate attempts to catch and fix by any means at hand. At such moments I am unconscious of materials, of style, of rules, of everything that intervenes between my perception and the object or idea perceived.”
“If I keep breathing, then I have to keep living, and if I keep living, then I have to keep hurting, and I can't - not like this.”
“I think Gov. Romney and Congressman Ryan are living in a fairly tale land on their energy policy.”
“Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.”
“America was founded on prayer. Therefore, the removal of prayer from its public life was a central part of its fall from God. A nation that turns away from prayer will ultimately find itself in desperate need of it.”
“Boxing is the toughest and loneliest sport in the world. You've got all the fans, lots of hangers-on jumping up and shouting different words. But when you actually go in the ring, it's a very lonely and scary place. It's just you and the other guy.”

Source : "Q: Did you feel suicidal before you were sectioned? A: Nah, I'm not that brave or clever. I wouldn't know how to tie a rope, know what I mean?". October 23, 2005.

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