Adam Curtis Quotes

Of course there are many factors that led to the Iranian revolution, but back in 1951, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company - which would later become BP - and its principal owner, the British government, conspired to destroy democracy and install a western-controlled regime in Iran.

Adam Curtis

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We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if it takes not place in me, what avails it? Everything lies in this, that it should take place in me.

Meister Eckhart

FatherGodMePlaceBearNever

We all pretend, we all hide things, so why not take the concept to an extreme? That is the basic idea for the character of Dexter. Pretend to be human, while quietly and carefully living out the life of a monster on the side.

Jeff Lindsay

LifeCharacterHideLivingWhyOut

I look upon the whole world as my parish.

John Wesley

WorldLookWholeParish

The bones of the story of 'War Horse' is a love story. That's what makes it universal.

Steven Spielberg

LoveWarStoryHorseBonesMakes

If a cow walked into this room, I'd probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot of chores like that, mostly because he loved doing it himself.

Stuart Appleby

WalkMeLovedDoingCowMilk

I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.

Roger Federer

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Who cares about the men who steered your breakfast cereal through winter storms? How ironic that the more ships have grown in size and consequence, the less space they take up in our imagination.

Rose George

WinterMenImaginationSpaceSize

Hopefully, reading and being around great literature inspires me to write songs, but I'm not sure about that.

Mat Kearney

GreatMeReadingLiteratureWrite

When I read profiles of myself, I sometimes think: 'I have spent my whole life struggling to understand my motivations and impulses, and I've never quite sorted them out.'

Michael Palin

LifeMyselfThinkSometimesNever

I have no problem with women in the military, if that's what they want to do.

Lorraine Bracco

WomenProblemWantMilitary

I needed to make the buyer happy: I needed to provide a price point and sort of a model that was attractive to them. But I also needed to make the contributor happy.

Jon Oringer

HappyPricePointAttractiveModel

A lot of people who are born here don't appreciate the freedoms we have, the opportunities we have, because they've never had it any other way.

Dmitri Alperovitch

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