"A public role endures for the literary high-command, as sages and seers, speaking out on social and political issues."

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Source : "Parallel Stories by Peter Nádas - review" by Tibor Fischer, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2011.

Tibor Fischer

#Issues Quotes #Political Quotes #Roles Quotes

“I think great filmmakers will always talk in terms of storytelling. These guys were always about the story. That is how I love to talk about a film.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change.”
“Those who use the Bible as a reference for moral behavior are simply cherry-picking those teachings, such as the Golden Rule, that they have independently decided are moral for other reasons, while ignoring those teachings with which they disagree.”

Source : Victor J. Stenger (2012). “God and the Folly of Faith: The Incompatibility of Science and Religion”, p.120, Prometheus Books
“What you do once you're beyond the confines of your local lift service can be as limitless as the mountains themselves.”
“I think it's science and physics are just starting to learn from all these experiments. These experiments have been carried out hundreds and hundreds of times in all sorts of ways that no physicist really questions the end point. I think that these experiments are very clearly telling us that consciousness is limitless and the ultimate reality.”
“You can't let a man like this beat you.”
“In our modern society the image and mythic process has been taken over by corporations that directly control advertising and, indirectly, the entertainment industry. Powerful erotic images are used for the sole purpose of selling consumer products; the side effects of this commercialization have a profound impact on the sexual imagination and identity of vast numbers of people.”
“When my parents separated, I was very grateful.”

Source : Interview with Arthur Holmberg, americanrepertorytheater.org.

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