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It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you see them sort of slow down, and you realize, maybe this becomes harder to do as you get older. That's sort of a cautionary thing. I hope it doesn't happen to me. ↗

— Joel Coen

#becomes #careers #cautionary #down #filmmakers

I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century. ↗

— Walter Murch

#20th century #age #artistic #became #century

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#another #body #human #human body #indifference

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#art #cunning #face #final #gods

I'm not ashamed of any of my papers at all and I'm rather sick of snobs that tell us that they're bad papers, snobs who only read papers that no one else wants. I doubt if they read many papers at all. ↗

— Rupert Murdoch

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If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly. ↗

— Max Nordau

#despised #does #everyone #hold #i

I defy anyone to get a decision that quickly these days. ↗

— Denis Norden

#days #decision #defy #get #i

I used to like writing for comedians - I enjoyed the challenge of making other people funny. ↗

— Denis Norden

#comedians #enjoyed #funny #i #like

The comedians all finished their acts with a song. They would get a certain amount of money from the song publishers and would use that money to pay the writers. None of them paid very much for their comedy material, but it all added up. ↗

— Denis Norden

#added #amount #certain #comedians #comedy

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame. ↗

— Tenzing Norgay

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