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“I should mention Vittorio Storaro, who was Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematographer. You watch those films and they are exceptional.”
Source : Source: www.pbs.org
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“If you really think that houses prices are going to go up next year and the year after, you feel if I don't buy it this year, I'm going to have to buy it next year. [...] And when somebody makes it very easy for you to do it by saying you don't really have to put up my money, you can lie about your income a little, or we'll give you 100 percent mortgage, you're going to do it, because everybody that's done it has been proven right. You have what they call social tools, and, you know, you're going to feel like an idiot if you didn't do it, because the house cost more.”
Source : "Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime - Charlie Rose Interview". Interview with Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.
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“Age is how you feel. If you take care of yourself, you'll be able to do the same things. You may not do it as often. But you can still do it.”
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“Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.”
Source : In Thucydides 'History of the Peloponnesian War' ii.43, 3 (translation by Rex Warner)
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“Our civilization is locked in the grip of an ideology - corporatism. An ideology that denies and undermines the legitimacy of individuals as the citizen in a democracy. The particular imbalance of this ideology leads to a worship of self-interest and a denial of the public good. The practical effects on the individual are passivity and conformism in the areas that matter, and non-conformism in the areas that don't”
Source : John Ralston Saul (2012). “The Unconscious Civilization”, p.186, Simon and Schuster
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“Creativity involves the depth of a mind, and many, many depths of unconsciousness.”
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“I think people who go to a psychiatrist ought to have their heads examined.”
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“Obviously I'm not a role model for impressionable youth.”