"Unfortunately, in seeing ourselves as we truly are, not all that we see is beautiful and attractive. This is undoubtedly part of the reason we flee silence. We do not want to be confronted with our hypocrisy, our phoniness. We see how false and fragile is the false self we project. We have to go through this painful experience to come to our true self."

-- Basil Pennington

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“If you're lucky enough to use something you see in a dream, it is purely original. It's not in the world - it's in your head. I think that is amazing.”
“Animals behave in set patterns, which is why we are able to hunt and kill them. Only man has the capacity to consciously alter his behavior, to improvise and overcome the weight of routine and habit.”
“But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.”
“I strode among giants, friends tell me now, though at the time I felt more like a misfit associating with oddballs.”
“Someday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.”
“Photography was a blessing because it filled my time.”
“Hugh returned from his trip, and days later I still sounded like a Red Chinese asking questions about the democratic hinterlands. "And you actually saw people smoking in restaurants? Really! And offices, too? Oh, tell me again about the ashtrays in the hospital waiting room, and don't leave anything out."”
“Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more.”

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