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John Grierson Quotes: We believe that the cinema's capacity for getting around, for observing and selecting from life itself can be exploited in a new and vital art form
         

We believe that the cinema's capacity for getting around, for observing and selecting from life itself can be exploited in a new and vital art form


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Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.

Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty.



The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart.

The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart.



Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being.

Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is disguised by what is merely a matter of well being.



Art is not a mirror but a hammer.

Art is not a mirror but a hammer.



I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.

I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.



And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.



In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into the corporate outlook.

In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into the corporate outlook.



It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.

It is often more important to act than to understand... there are times... when two conflicting opinions, though one happens to be right, are more perilous than one opinion which is wrong.



The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.

The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter.



When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.

When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done.





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Entrepreneurs pay the price of a road less traveled, while everyone else takes the freeway and perpetually misses their own exit.

Entrepreneurs pay the price of a road less traveled, while everyone else takes the freeway and perpetually misses their own exit.



She wanted to live, and live fully, and to give life, she who loved life! What was the good of existing, if you couldn't give yourself?

She wanted to live, and live fully, and to give life, she who loved life! What was the good of existing, if you couldn't give yourself?



Man's happiness springs mainly from moderate troubles which afford the mind a healthful stimulus and are followed by a reaction which produces a cheerful flow of spirits.

Man's happiness springs mainly from moderate troubles which afford the mind a healthful stimulus and are followed by a reaction which produces a cheerful flow of spirits.



But there was something about you that made me think of sparks and motion.

But there was something about you that made me think of sparks and motion.



We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aphorism in the records of Somerset House.

We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration of this aphorism in the records of Somerset House.



My parents were in the studio when we cut 'Let Me Try' and every time I sang it they started crying, ... I finally had to ask them to leave because I couldn't sing it while they were crying.

My parents were in the studio when we cut 'Let Me Try' and every time I sang it they started crying, ... I finally had to ask them to leave because I couldn't sing it while they were crying.



Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so.

Bill Gates has become the patron saint of philanthropy and the poster child of rebirth, and from what I can tell, rightly so.



I think it's just having the support of our parents. Knowing that they're going to keep you on the right path and guide you.

I think it's just having the support of our parents. Knowing that they're going to keep you on the right path and guide you.



I always just wanted to have enough to carry on. I never had ambitions to take over the world or be a global enterprise. But I wanted to have a strong business in order to do the main objective.

I always just wanted to have enough to carry on. I never had ambitions to take over the world or be a global enterprise. But I wanted to have a strong business in order to do the main objective.




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