Danny Porush quotes

“The bookis a distant relative of the truth, and the film is a distant relative of the book,”
-- Danny Porush

Source : "Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street: animal rights group calls for boycott" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. December 16, 2013.

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“One has to ascertain the right path for his activities by following in the footsteps of great saintly persons and books of knowledge under the guidance of a spiritual master.”

“My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

“I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.”

“A film has its own life and takes its own time.”

“Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film.”

“Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.”

“I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“History within itself cannot be transcended. ... In history itself there are only relative victories.”

Source : Ernst Troeltsch (2006). “Christian thought, its history and application”, Walter de Gruyter

“Politics and power is a realm of relative influence,”

“Freedom, like everything else, is relative.”