"A strong foe is better than a weak friend."

-- Edward Dahlberg

#Strong Quotes #Weak Quotes #Foe Quotes

“It is not without fear and trembling that a historian of religion approaches the problem of myth. This is not only because of that preliminary embarrassing question: what is intended by myth? It is also because the answers given depend for the most part on the documents selected.”
“To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime.”
“No gunfire, famine, or flies. Just lots of toothpaste, gardening and people stuff.”
“To be honest with you, I dont male-bash. I dont believe in male-bashing. I write about things that are natural, that happen in life.”
“The world is a diamond cut from our surprise.”
“Because it is a radical act of freedom, creative achievement is a heroic process that requires, in all its permutations, specific strengths of character.”
“When I was out for the Christmas Holidays in school, I would go skiing up to the mountains and there they had Santa on a sled. Pulled by horses and other reindeer, it was a very, very picturesque time and that struck me very emphatically then and has remained with me all this time.”
“Filmmaking is a real craft.”

Source : "“Martha Marcy May Marlene” and Mister Sean Durkin". Interview with Matt Singer, www.ifc.com. October 20, 2011.

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