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From childhood on I have had the dream of life lived as a sacrament... the dream implied taking life ritually as something holy. ”
One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find 'em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of 'em. ”
If you have a vision for something, things are navigable. If it gets fuzzy, then obstacles become much more formidable. ”
My films are inquiries. I've chopped down all the signposts, I really resist taking moral positions. ”
In a way I never did with George W. Bush or Barack Obama or Bill Clinton, I will write about the actions of the Trump presidency with the working assumption that our nation must be protected both by and from the president. ”
There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals. ”
We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. ”
Energy and persistence conquer all things. ”
It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. ”
Justice is truth in action. ”