#ow

By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends? ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#among #aught #causes #criterion #distinguish

I felt like a sinful person when I dated men and allowed them to feel for me in a way I knew I could never naturally feel for them. That felt wrong and a lie. ↗

— Chely Wright

#could #dated #feel #felt #i

I guess we guess our way through life. How many times do we really know for sure? ↗

— Chely Wright

#how #i #know #life #many

THAT'S WHAT POWERFUL MEN DO TO THIS COUNTRY - IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, SEXY, BREATHLESS COUNTRY, AND POWERFUL MEN USE IT TO TREAT THEMSELVES TO A THRILL! THEY SAY THEY LOVE IT BUT THEY DON'T MEAN IT. THEY SAY THINGS TO MAKE THEMSELVES APPEAR GOOD - THEY MAKE THEMSELVES APPEAR MORAL...THE COUNTRY WANTS A SAVIOUR. THE COUNTRY IS A SUCKER FOR POWERFUL MEN WHO LOOK GOOD. WE THINK THEY'RE MORALISTS AND THEN THEY JUST USE US. ↗

— John Irving

#beauty

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad. ↗

— Joe Wright

#because #cameraman #dad #designer #director

Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit. ↗

— Joe Wright

#civilian #exactly #film #fit #generally

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema. ↗

— Joe Wright

#cinema #development #dyslexia #elsewhere #find

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work. ↗

— Joe Wright

#i #know #learn #lots #presume

'Pride' is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I've come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfilment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life. ↗

— Joe Wright

#believe #come #cop-out #cultural #ending

There's good art and there's bad art. A lot of action films are bad art, but Paul Greengrass showed us with the Bourne films that it's possible to make an action film with a political, social conscience. ↗

— Joe Wright

#action film #action films #art #bad #bourne