#mma

The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces - in nature, in society, in man himself. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#blind #consciousness #forces #himself #historic

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that. ↗

— Francois Truffaut

#filmmaker #first #i #knew #like

Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate, and therefore is not love at all. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#commanded #distinction #hate #indiscriminately #love

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

#dilemma #endeavors #felt #fiction #fiction writers

Right now my favorite book is 'Omnivores Dilemma.' ↗

— Bryan Volpenhein

#dilemma #favorite #now #right

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world. ↗

— Donnie Wahlberg

#cost #country #every #film #filmmakers

Allowing Texas to display the Ten Commandments on State property but disallowing Kentucky courthouses from doing the same is a poor and flawed interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#commandments #constitution #display #doing #flawed

A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#budget #committed #filmmaking #find #funds

In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#because #broadcasters #could #europe #film

The difficulty with the present state of affairs is that there is no legislation on the sources of funding for the Polish film industry. There is no legislation concerning filmmaking. And, there is no legislation on television that would be beneficial to filmmaking. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#beneficial #concerning #difficulty #film #film industry