#sting

Normally, we see characters that have God complexes. How interesting, I thought, it would be to capitalize on that. And say, OK, well fine, you have a God complex, well this person has a Satan complex. And the doctor chooses to treat him scientifically. ↗

— Eriq La Salle

#characters #chooses #complex #complexes #doctor

Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. ↗

— Sallust

#concealment #descendants #distinguished #either #forbid

I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and entertainment has become more and more about journalism. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#apply #become #different #drama #entertainment

If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you're casting politicians, you can't put up posters and have politicians come down. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#casting #come #down #high-school #kids

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal. ↗

— George Santayana

#effort #eternal #existence #interesting #keep

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#agree #any #beach #blank #casting

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#details #distinguish #hard #hear #once

Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#chance #dies #every #existing #itself

If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#detail #distinguish #longer #told #victory

It's always extremely interesting to speak at colleges. My books are taught in many colleges in America and are part of the educational system, so it's really important to me. I don't believe in so many things in life, but something I believe in is education. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#america #believe #books #colleges #education