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"Be bold enough to appreciate. Be strong enough not to criticize."
"The divinity within is an endless strength."
"Without roots a tree, no matter how tall, cannot stand."
"You don't need armor if your skin is thick. You don't need a sword if your mind is sharp. You don't need a shield if your heart is strong. You don't need a fortress is your soul is secure."
"A tree will not wither and die because the wind blew away one leaf."
"Modern humans are taught from the childhood that they are weak and sinners. Teach them that they are embodiment of glory and children of immortal strength. Eventually a society full of bravehearts will rise."
"If a lion turned every time small dogs barked at it, it would be the laughing stock of the jungle."
Explore more quotes by Philip Kaufman
"It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance for our time. Now that the film is coming out, it looks like we're back in another time where repression of expression is all the rage."
"Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in some cases they go to Prague or Romania or they want to keep 'em down in L.A."
"They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children."
"Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something to be said against both? I hope our film is balanced and rich enough to encourage debate and discussion."
"This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased."
"What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable, because they have this archaic quality."
"I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some truth and she's also following an external mystery where she comes to think she might be the killer."
"But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that really concerns me."
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