#damen

And now when we hear that Iran and Iraq plan to cooperate more closely and that a fundamentalist is coming to power in Tehran - a man about whom we cannot be sure that he is absolutely averse to terrorism - it is very worrisome. ↗

— Otto Schily

#absolutely #averse #cannot #closely #coming

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#fundamental #fundamental principle #life #me #morality

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#devoid #different #differently #economic policy #fundamental

An intellectual is going to have doubts, for example, about a fundamentalist religious doctrine that admits no doubt, about an imposed political system that allows no doubt, about a perfect aesthetic that has no room for doubt. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#aesthetic #allows #doctrine #doubt #doubts

I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the only way to fill two hours, or to phrase things, or to order thoughts, or order ideas. ↗

— Jane Campion

#because #culture #expected #fill #film

The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death. ↗

— Phil Bredesen

#between #consequences #death #decisions #difference

We now consider as fundamental economic functions of the state, many duties that were left a generation ago to chance. ↗

— Arthur Capper

#chance #consider #duties #economic #functions

Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#i #i think #myself #storyteller #think

Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society. ↗

— Jung Chang

#although #am #banned #been #book

Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes. ↗

— John Ford

#anybody #art #direct #directing #eyes