B Quotes
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“Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.”
“Because of the way that I work with the actors and because a scene is not in this rigid and literal interpretation of something written, I can constantly change stuff, which means I can get a scene absolutely perfect, and then when we go to shoot it, the requirements of the shot mean it would be useful to extend the dialogue or take a line out or swap things around. So the camera doesn't serve the action. The action serves the camera. That's important. So it becomes more and more organic and integrated.”
“Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I known who was directing them.”
“Because of the way we let the actors improvise, it feels like you're watching people react rather than actors reading lines - so I think that's always going to be something I like.”
“Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert”
“Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting, because all of those things are part of aggression. She will not take the initiative; she simply waits - and she can wait infinitely.”
Source: From I to Q
“Because of the wonderfully positive response to 'Life's That Way,' I am considering writing some more autobiographical stuff - maybe another book. I don't know. It doesn't help that I'm lazy.”
“Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition really is women have a special contribution to make any group enterprise.”
“Because of their cuisine, Germans don't consider farting rude. They'd certainly be out of luck if they did.”
Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
“Because of their DNA, most men loved a damsel in distress. Every time a man sees a pretty lass in trouble, even the boorish slob-of-a-man transforms into a chivalrous knight-in-shining-armour. This was why most women (no matter how strong, competent or resourceful) were forced to act shy, demure and helpless so that their men could feel like strong grizzly bears or ferocious mountain lions.”
Source: I'm a Woman & I'm on SALE
“Because of their enmity you will be left alone. They will cast you out and forsake you.”
Source: Thomas Merton: I Have Seen what I was Looking for : Selected Spiritual Writings
“Because of their excessive commitment to a literal Bible, fundamentalist Christians have fallen into the trap of biblioltry.”
“Because of their focus on power dynamics, these thinkers argued that the powerful have, both intentionally and inadvertently, organized society to benefit them and perpetuate their power. They have done so by legitimating certain ways of talking about things as true, which then spread throughout society, creating societal rules that are viewed as common sense and perpetuated on all levels.”
“Because of their historical theory of the "alienation of labor" (that the worker must become less and less in control of the work of his hands) the Marxist parties never fought for the man-worthy job itself.”
Source: Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
“Because of their lack of originality, women who say that they like their men like they like their coffee turn off even men who are black and strong.”
“Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal.”
“Because of their lust for authority men are in constant turmoil. Those in authority are ever fighting to maintain it. Those out of authority are ever struggling to snatch it from the hands of those who hold it. While Man, the God in swaddling-bands, is trampled under foot and hoof
and left on the field of battle unnoticed, unattended and unsolved. So furious is the fight, and so blood crazed the fighters that none, alas, would stop to lift the painted mask off the face of the spurious bride and expose her monstrous ugliness to all.
Believe, O monks, that no authority is worth the flutter of an eyelash, except the authority of Holy Understanding which is priceless. For that no sacrifice is great. Attain it once, and you
shall hold it to the end of Time. And it shall charge your words with more power than all the armies of the world can ever command; and it shall bless your deeds with more beneficence than all the world authorities combined can ever dream of bringing to the world.”
Source: The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark
“Because of their origin and purpose, the meanings of art are of a different order from the operational meanings of science and technics: they relate, not to external means and consequences, but to internal transformations, and unless it produce these internal transformations the work of art is either perfunctory or dead.”
“Because of their sacred gift of translating and embodying energy, empaths are able to spot their soul mates or twin flames a mile away.”
Source: Awakened Empath: The Ultimate Guide to Emotional, Psychological and Spiritual Healing
“Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.”
Source: Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People
“Because of their very nature, science and logical thinking can never decide what is possible or impossible. Their only function is to explain what has been ascertained by experience and observation.”
Source: Cosmic Memory
“Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.”
“Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both the cows and the cyclists. So for the first time the sacred cow in India, which used to be such a wonderful speed-breaker, is now seen as a nuisance. For the first time, Ive seen cows being hit and hurt. These guys just go right past, and if the cow is sitting on the road, they dont care. We cant afford to have a sacred car rather than a sacred cow.”
“Because of things such as arrogance, alcohol, and promiscuity, some people are each a legend in the unmaking.”
“Because of things such as disease and poverty, some animals, which are already dead, smell way less unpleasantly than some people, who are still alive.”
“Because of things such as drugs and alcohol, countless people, most of whom are female, do not know that they were once raped, many of them more than once.”
“Because of this basin of repentance and knowledge of God, which has been ordained for the transgression of God's people, as Isaiah cries, we have believed, and we testify that the very baptism which he announced is alone able to purify those who have repented. It is the water of life. But the cisterns which you have dug for yourselves are broken and of no benefit to you. For what is the use of a baptism which cleanses the flesh and body alone? Baptize the soul from wrath and from covetousness, from envy, and from hatred, and, lo, the body is pure.”
“Because of this Christian materialism, a catholic postmodernism (or postmodern catholicity) affirms sacramentality on two levels. On the one hand, it affirms a general sacramentality: the whole world has potential to function as a window to God and a means of grace from God because God himself affirms materiality as a good thing. We see this not only in creation itself but also in the reaffirmation of it in the incarnation, in which God is happy to inhabit the goodness of flesh. Furthermore, materiality receives an eschatological affirmation in our hope for the resurrection of the body. Even the future kingdom will be a material environment of sacramentality. On the other hand, when an incarnational ontology and anthropology are linked with our earlier affirmation of time and tradition, a catholic postmodernism also affirms a special sacramentality - a special presence and means of grace in the sacraments of baptism and Eucharist.”
Source: Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church
“Because of this erotic bond, the earth becomes luxuriant in its every aspect.”
“Because of this ever increasing discernment of the true Mason he/she will find more efficient ways to apply brotherly love, relief and truth.”
“Because of this false idea, they devised an aesthetic belief in making the exterior of an object a reflection of the practical functions of the interior and of the constructive idea. Yet these analyses of utility and necessity that, according to their beliefs, should be the basis for the construction of any object created by humanity become immediately absurd once we analyze all the object being manufactured today. A fork or a bed cannot come to be considered necessary for humanity's life and health, and yet retain a relative value.
They are 'learned necessities.' Modern human beings are suffocating under necessities like televisions, refrigerators, etc. And in the process making it impossible to live their real lives. Obviously we are not against modern technology, but we are against any notion of the absolute necessity of objects, to the point even of doubting their real utility.'
Asger Jorn”
Source: The Situationists and the City: A Reader
“Because of this “self-reflective,” extended view of reality, Ai seeks to extend play and generate win/win scenarios rather than win/lose consequences.”
Source: Beyond the Fringe: My Experience with Extended Intelligence
“Because of this, the original couple would have looked at each other with the 'peace of the interior gaze.' Women, in particular, perceive when they are being viewed merely as an object for another person's gratification. When a woman senses lust in the heart of a man, she feels a restless vulnerability and even resentment. One expert on the female brain noted that a woman's sexual pleasure is greatest 'only if the amygdala - the fear and anxiety center of the brain - has been deactivated.”
Source: Theology of the Body In One Hour
“Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.”
“Because of various security lapses, some senators are calling for a probe of the security at the offices of the Department of Homeland Security. The investigation will be conducted by the Department of Irony.”
“Because of Walter, we did it the other way around. We also worked with an awesome sound designer named Will Patterson who just worked for four years on Terrence Malick's films. He did a lot of conceptual work to make the soundscapes in the jungle have this surreal quality, to blend these two films because a lot of the images are about this parallelism between the movies. The sound was very integral to fusing everything.”
“Because of watching your breath and thoughts you have come to know now that you are neither thoughts nor your breath, you are the watcher, the witness. This is awareness. This is what I call meditation. Once you have known this awareness you are unidentified with your body, with your mind. Now you experience a vastness inside you, in one sense utterly empty and in another sense overflowingly full. Because of its emptiness you will remain calm and quiet. And because of its overflowing fullness you will be creative.”
“Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.”
“Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.”
“Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.”
“Because of what I do, it has to be an open book, but right now this is a book that is being written.”
“Because of what I experienced when I was a kid, I want kids to have that kind of an epiphany moment, that little jolt, that little spark that they see when Dusty ['Planes'] flies higher than he has before. That scene where he flies straight up, and he's starting to get dizzy, and then finally it comes together. We forget as adults. We get jaded and we think that's kids' stuff, but for a kid who doesn't know about anything technical or how a movie is made, they're just going to see this and hear this beautiful score and see this dynamic, fantastical thing happening in front of them.”
“Because of what I've chosen to do for my work in the world, almost every time that there's something that I'm afraid to do that I need to do, I have to do it in front of other people. It makes me feel exposed.”
“Because of what Jesus accomplished though His death and resurrection, we can make a mistake without becoming a mistake.”
Source: From Lost to Found: Giving Up What You Think You Want for What Will Set You Free
“Because of what's going on with the economy, I think women are realizing that maybe they don't need a closet full of clothes. They just need the right clothes.”
“Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.”
“Because of who I am and what place I have now in India, I'm petitioned all the time to get involved. It's exhausting and very difficult to have to say, 'Look, I'm only one person. I can't do everything.' I know that I don't want to be worn to the bone where I lose my sense of humor.”
“Because of writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye … I realized that people like me, girls with skin the color of chocolate, whose kinky hair could not form ponytails, could also exist in literature.”
“Because of you, I am damaged, and I’ve been paying for your reckless actions since birth!!”
Source: The Stars Choose Our Lovers
“Because of you. "I believe I can love, and be loved with the heart.”