"The western is a universal frame within which it's possible to comment on today."

-- Sam Peckinpah

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“I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.”
“All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back to when we had those old-fashioned values, and I say let's get back to the good old-fashioned First Amendment of the good old-fashioned Constitution of the United States - and to hell with the censors! Give me knowledge or give me death!”
“People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it's got to peak at point D I go to A, B, C D then I'm home.”
“Go to the cross of Christ, all you that want to be delivered from the power of selfishness.”
“You should impact the greatest amount of people that you can in your life.”
“To grow, you must be willing to let your present and future be totally unlike your past. Your history is not your destiny.”
“The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it's also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is turgid and stale in contemporary fiction.”
“Occupying my mind with complex problems has been my best and most powerful and most reliable defense against my mental illness.”

Source : "A tale of mental illness — from the inside". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June, 2012.

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