If we need simple narratives so people can amplify and spread them, are we forced to engage only with the simplest of problems?
'Godfather' was very classical - the way it was shot, the style - the whole driving force of it was more classical, almost Shakespearean.
It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach.
No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.
motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.
Our faith in freedom does not rest on the foreseeable results in particular circumstances but on the belief that it will, on balance, release more forces for the good than for the bad.
I like independent films... European films. I do go and see popular films as well because my kids force me.
In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.
The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.
The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom today.
Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.
Let's just say I was in Special Forces and leave it at that. People can read into that what they like.
It would never occur to them to say at home (as pastors' kids) anything they were really thinking, unless it is forced out of them by anger.
Under Saddam Hussein, the nation of Iraq possessed and used chemical weapons against both their own Kurdish population and Iranian military forces.
I think something that forces financial institutions to write down underwater mortgages, I think, would be a sensible thing to do.
No fairy tale, this. This was by no stretch of the imagination a polished fantasy. This was a searing, living force, rough around the edges, unfamiliar and bittersweet. And precious.
I thought about writing the character as male, but then I would be forced to portray him as a woman in a man's body.
If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and a bounder.
When you're listening to the radio, you're hearing dance beats, all the bells and whistles, and 'Say Something' makes you quiet and forces you to listen.
Our work is directly proportional to the distances our dreams travel across, as force (power) is a constant factor
A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.
