„In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.“

„Actually, there is no such thing as a homosexual person, any more than there is such a thing as a heterosexual person. The words are adjectives describing sexual acts, not people. The sexual acts are entirely normal; if they were not, no one would perform them.“

—  Gore Vidal American writer 1925 - 2012

"Sex Is Politics" (1979)
1980s, The Second American Revolution (1983)

„When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.“

—  Philip Yancey American writer 1949

„You must carry on my spirit. It can no longer be carried by a god. It must be taken up by all of you. - Pan“

—  Rick Riordan, książka The Battle of the Labyrinth

Źródło: The Battle of the Labyrinth

„It is my opinion that the present subject interests all“

—  Julian (emperor) Roman Emperor, philosopher and writer 331 - 363

Upon the Sovereign Sun (362)
Kontekst: It is my opinion that the present subject interests all: "Whatever breathes, and moves upon the earth," all that are endowed with existence, with a rational soul, and with a mind: but that above all others it interests myself, inasmuch as I am a votary of the Sun.

„The grace of God is the thing that is needful. One should pray for the grace of God.“

—  Sarada Devi Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna 1853 - 1920

[Swami Tapasyananda, Swami Nikhilananda, Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations, 301]

„I don’t believe in acting. I think that people in life act, but when you are on the stage, or in my case also on screen, you have to be true.“

—  Luise Rainer German-born Austrian and American film actress 1910 - 2014

Spartacus Schoolnet biography http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArainer.htm

„In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence.“

—  George Washington first President of the United States 1732 - 1799

Message to the U.S. Congress (9 July 1789); The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private (1837) edited by Jared Sparks, p. 159 (PDF) http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC29437768&id=qy2nqT6FnLMC&pg=RA1-PA159&lpg=RA1-PA159&dq=%22carrying+these+into+effect,+fidelity+and+diligence%22&num=100
1780s

„Pray as if all things depend on God, and work as if all things depend on you.“

—  Christina Dodd American writer 1957

Źródło: Scent of Darkness

„To have two Legislative Assemblies in the United Kingdom would, in my opinion, be an intolerable mischief; and I think no sensible man can wish for two within the limits of the present United Kingdom who does not wish the United Kingdom to become two or more nations, entirely separate from each other.“

—  John Bright British Radical and Liberal statesman 1811 - 1889

Letter to Mr. O'Donoghue (20 January 1872), quoted in G. M. Trevelyan, The Life of John Bright (London: Constable, 1913), p. 444
1870s

„… a genuine work of art, can never be false, nor can it be discredited through the lapse of time, for it does not present an opinion but the thing itself.“

—  Arthur Schopenhauer German philosopher 1788 - 1860

„Secularism, with its moral relativism, is in direct opposition to Christianity and its absolute morality. The battle is between these two worldviews—one that stands on God's Word and one that accepts man's opinions.“

—  Ken Ham Australian young Earth creationist 1951

Carol Derby & Ken Ham, "The 'Evolutionizing' of a Culture", War of the World Views: Powerful Answers For An "Evolutionized" Culture (2006), p. 11 http://books.google.com/books?id=RTc_lsnp0r0C&pg=PA11

„Every person has his own ideas of the act of praying for God's guidance, tolerance, and mercy to fulfill his duties and responsibilities.“

—  Walt Disney American film producer and businessman 1901 - 1966

Deeds Rather Than Words (1963)
Kontekst: Every person has his own ideas of the act of praying for God's guidance, tolerance, and mercy to fulfill his duties and responsibilities. My own concept of prayer is not as a plea for special favors nor as a quick palliation for wrongs knowingly committed. A prayer, it seems to me, implies a promise as well as a request; at the highest level, prayer not only is a supplication for strength and guidance, but also becomes an affirmation of life and thus a reverent praise of God.

„There are so many misunderstandings in life. I once caused a scandal by saying I lived with two men […] I didn't mean it in a sexual sense […] I was just too dirty to clean my act up.“

—  Charlotte Rampling British actress 1946

Earl Wilson, Idaho falls, Post-Register (18 March 1974).

„Thou canst not pray to God without praying to Love, but mayest pray to Love without praying to God.“

—  Richard Garnett British scholar, librarian, biographer and poet 1835 - 1906

De Flagello myrteo. xiii.

„We have to be realistic about the history of [touch-screen] technology. We have to remember that this is not new — this has been done, this has been tried before.“

—  Mike Lazaridis Canadian businessman 1961

RIM's Lazaridis: Qwerty is the next big thing http://news.com/RIMs-Lazaridis-Qwerty-is-the-next-big-thing/2100-1041_3-6239705.html?tag=nefd.top in CNET (16 May 2008)

„Humans have always unknowingly affected all Universe by every act and thought they articulate or even consider.... Realistic, comprehensively responsible, omni-system-considerate, unselfish thinking on the part of humans does absolutely affect human destiny.“

—  Buckminster Fuller American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist 1895 - 1983

From 1980s onwards, Critical Path (1981)

„The past can be told as it truly is, not was. For recounting the past is a social act of the present done by men of the present and affecting the social system of the present.“

—  Immanuel Wallerstein economic historian 1930 - 2019

Wallerstein (1974) The modern world system capitalist agriculture and the origins of the European world economy in the sixteenth century. New York: Academic Press.

„...the French business is no light or trivial thing, or such as has commonly occurd in the course of political Events. At present the whole political State of Europe hinges upon it. On the Continent there is little doubt; every thing will take is future shape and colour from the good or ill success of the Duke of Brunswick. In my opinion, it is the most important crisis that ever existed in the World. ... My poor opinion is, that these principles...cannot possibly be realized in practice in France, without an absolute certainty and that at no remote period, of overturning the whole fabrick of the British Constitution.“

—  Edmund Burke Anglo-Irish statesman 1729 - 1797

1790s
Źródło: Letter to the Foreign Secretary Lord Grenville (19 September 1792), quoted in P. J. Marshall and John A. Woods (eds.), The Correspondence of Edmund Burke, Volume VII: January 1792–August 1794 (1968), pp. 218-219

„It's not a movie,
no private screening
This method acting,
well, I call that living“

—  Conor Oberst American musician 1980

Method Acting
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)