Quote by Gary Ross
Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket

Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the 50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future. – Gary Ross

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If you look at the opening of Private Ryan, you are so in the point of view of those guys and there is a whole world swirling all around them. You are learning that geography as they are learning it. – Gary Ross

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Learning
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Most modern science fiction went to school on Dune. Even Harry Potter with its boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion. – Gary Ross

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Religion
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History is full of examples of people who clamp down after they began to enjoy too much freedom. Freedom can lead to instability, anarchy, and confusion. So there can be a moral counter-revolution. – Gary Ross

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Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year. – James Lovelock

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I think if theres any difference between me and a traditional CEO, its that Ive been unwilling to change myself or shape my personality around whats expected. – Andrew Mason

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We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it. – John Steinbeck, America and Americans

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Hope and change? Were not doing that anymore. Theyre doing attack and blame. And so, I just think people are going to see through this. They want real leadership. They want us to get this country on the right track. – Paul Ryan

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