"There is no reason why challenging themes and engaging stories have to be mutually exclusive - in fact, each can fuel the other. As a filmmaker, I want to entertain people first and foremost. If out of that comes a greater awareness and understanding of a time or a circumstance, then the hope is that change can happen."

-- Edward Zwick

#People Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“Forgive me, Spirit of my spirit, for this, that I have found it easier to read the mystery told in tears and understood Thee better in sorrow than in joy.”

Source : George William Russell (1926). “Collected poems”
“People around you are quick to read your attitude of thought toward them. Inner thoughts and feelings are communicated in ways other than by the spoken word.”
“A tortoise is, I suppose, a Jewish pet. It knows its place. Out on the lawn. It doesn't bark. It doesn't tear the Dralon.”

Source : Maureen Lipman (2013). “Past-It Notes”, p.25, JR Books Limited
“America has the power, but not the will to fight terrorism. The terrorists have the will, but not the power to fight America, but all that could change with time.”
“I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Douglas from Apr 16, 2013
“All books should be trilogies; I mean I think we all agree on that.”
“Heaven...a place where there is neither sufferings, sadness nor separation... Now we climb the stairways to heaven one step by one step and when we ascend, we will live.”
“There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'Hello, my name is Fifi and I'm a labrador and I think you're great. Paw paw!”

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