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Quote by Michael Haneke
Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an

Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an answer to them, so they can send the spectator home reassured. If we actually had those answers, then society would appear very different from what it is. – Michael Haneke

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Because Im the author of my screenplays I know what Im looking for. Its true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but its also a question of working with patience and love. – Michael Haneke

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Patience
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Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think thats ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience. – Michael Haneke

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Experience
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People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that Im a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think its a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist. – Michael Haneke

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Society
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The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head. – Jean Cocteau

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Society

The West has enough technology, enough science, enough affluence, enough money, but something of the inner is missing. There is no peace, no silence, no joy, no bliss, no meditativeness, no experience of godliness. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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Society

I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. – Rand Paul

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Society

Boys natural play is rough and tumble play, its the universal play of little boys. And its very different from aggression. And we are a society thats failing to understand the distinction. – Christina Hoff Sommers

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Society

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There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. – Proverb

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Lets stop being so damn judgemental & crucifying everyone who doesnt fit into our boxed-in perceptions of what is right. – Gillian Anderson

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After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of the historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it. – Marie Curie

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Science