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In all candor, the Court fails to perceive any reason for suspending the power of courts to get evidence and rule on questions of privilege in criminal matters simply because it is the president of the United States who holds the evidence. ↗

— John J. Sirica

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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#any #choice #decision #kind #made

And it really began with Einstein. We attended his lectures. Now the theory of relativity remained - and still remains - only a theory. It has not been proven. But it suggested a completely different picture of the physical world. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#been #began #completely #different #einstein

If I can say one thing for my pictures, it is a certain craftsmanship. A thought which has gone into every angle. There is nothing there without an optical reason. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#certain #craftsmanship #every #gone #i

In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#almost #art #beauty #bourgeois #century

Throughout my pictures I employ a lighting which is not naturalistic. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#i #lighting #naturalistic #pictures #throughout

Yes, I was hired by Universal because they needed a comedy director. They had seen Scandal and liked it. I saw an opportunity even in those comedies to begin my project of American films. ↗

— Douglas Sirk

#american films #because #begin #comedies #comedy

The thing about 'Star Trek' is that it is not judgmental. You can do what ever you want, within reason. ↗

— Marina Sirtis

#ever #judgmental #reason #star #star trek

After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley. ↗

— Gene Siskel

#ago #black #black sheep #chris #farley

In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made. ↗

— Gene Siskel

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