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"We must stop expecting the government to play the role of national transformation why we sit down and watch."

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly, the rich have always objected to being governed at all."

"Popular medicine and popular morality belong together and ought not to be evaluated so differently as they still are: both are the most dangerous pseudo-sciences."

"It takes all sorts of people to make a world, as I've often heard, but I think there are some who could be spared,' Anne told her reflection in the east gable mirror that night."

"Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a pyramid. Give me five and they'll make one an outcast. Give me six and they'll reinvent prejudice. Give me seven and in seven years they'll reinvent warfare. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home."

"Your water is in the bottles, and my water is in the bucket, but we are brothers? I am collecting garbage, and you are in the bed, but we are sisters? My fingers are broken, and your hands are so soft, but we are family? Your God is like an angel, and my God is like an evil, but we are equal? My stomach is empty, and your stomach is so big, but we are humans?"

"PLEASE and THANK YOU...two polite phrases which are slowly disappearing from our vocabulary."
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"Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision."

"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."

"When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous."

"It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry."

"Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative."

"Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior."

"Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug."

"I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?"

"I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media."
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