You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.
Christians, indeed, have a special obligation not to forget how great and how inextinguishable the human proclivity for violence is, or how many victims it has claimed, for they worship a God who does not merely take the part of those victims, but who was himself one of them, murdered by the combined authority and moral prudence of the political, religious, and legal powers of human society.
It is a human circumstance that when we are born we have not yet come into existence. We are lured into our special human existence by a mothering presence that gratifies our innate urges to be suckled, held, rocked, caressed. But that same gratifying presence puts limits on desire and rations satisfaction. In this sense the mother is also the first lawgiver.
You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.
I collect cars and bikes. One of my most special rides is a black 1930s Cadillac V16, and then I've got a few West Coast choppers.
Now, Jews integrate but they don't destroy their institutions. They don't close the synagogue. They don't stop having special Jewish graveyards. They don't stop having special Jewish holidays. Why can't we understand that we can have things special to us and still comingle and integrate with others.
The powerful notion of entropy, which comes from a very special branch of physics … is certainly useful in the study of communication and quite helpful when applied in the theory of language.
It is clear that the Trump administration doesn't have the same reticence that the Obama administration did in terms of putting more boots on the ground, especially conventional troops, as opposed to special operations troops.
When people impute special vices to the Christian Church, they seem entirely to forget that the world (which is the only other thing there is) has these vices much more. The Church has been cruel; but the world has been much more cruel. The Church has plotted; but the world has plotted much more. The Church has been superstitious; but it has never been so superstitious as the world is when left to itself.
Supporters of capital punishment bear a special responsibility to ensure the fairness of this irreversible punishment.
India has indeed a great and free future before her, in which she can make her special contribution to the well-being of mankind. The first and indispensable part of that contribution is to work with the United Nations for the defeat of fascism and of brutal aggression.
The Doctor: It's my nose; it has special powers. Nancy: Yeah? That why it's so. . . ? The Doctor: What? Nancy: Nothing. The Doctor: What? Nancy: Nothing. Do your ears have special powers too?
It's hard to have a relationship in this business. . . it's gonna take a very special woman. . . or a bunch of average ones.
Most people think that to meditate, I should feel a particular special something, and if I don't, then I must be doing something wrong.
You say you're not special because the world doesn't know about you, but that's an insult to me. I know about you.
If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.
The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government.
There are no short cuts. If you want to do something special, there's a serious price to pay. There's no way around it.
I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission. . . (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning
Complete free trade is not politically feasible. Why? Because it's only in the general interest and in no one's special interest.