"A scientist is a man who changes his beliefs according to reality; a theist is a man who changes reality to match his beliefs."

-- Volker Braun

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“Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.”
“My intention was always to direct and writing things just became convenient and happened.”

Source : "Why Dane DeHaan and Aubrey Plaza’s ‘Life After Beth’ Make Out Could Have Been Awkward". Interview with Jordan Zakarin, www.thewrap.com. August 7, 2014.
“Generally speaking, they have as many stars as other firms, but they are low-key about it, because that's not the Goldman way, but their bench is a lot deeper. I think Goldman has as many A players, but more importantly they have fewer C players. And no firm, I have noticed, has the depth anywhere like that.”
“What might be good for ratings can be bad for the country. The hard-core partisans are self-segregating themselves into separate political realities. But the majority of Americans are starting to wake up to the game.”
“The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You cant have a government within the country and not have control over everything thats happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.”
“What's your name? Um... Think about it. You don't get to pick again. Tris.”
“The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.”

Source : Guy de Maupassant (2007). “The Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant”, p.468, Wildside Press LLC
“I think cinema has this beautiful component. It's a universal language.”

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