Julia Bacha quotes

“If we don't pay attention to [nonviolent protests], they are invisible, and it's as if they never happened. But I have seen first hand that if we do, they will multiply.”
-- Julia Bacha

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“Nothing scares the army more than nonviolent opposition.”
-- Julia Bacha

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“Violent resistance and nonviolent resistance share one very important thing in common: They are both a form of theater seeking an audience to their cause.”
-- Julia Bacha

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“Where is the Palestinian Gandhi?”
-- Julia Bacha

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“Violence and nonviolence are, after all, two different forms of theater. They both depend and thrive on the response of an audience.”
-- Julia Bacha

Source : "Focus on the good news in the Palestinian-Israeli standoff" by Julia Bacha, www.cnn.com. September 18, 2011.

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“For any filmmaker who has just released a film and who is experiencing some measure of success, the temptation can be great to respond to every screening request that comes in.”
-- Julia Bacha

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“At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end, powerful protagonists that audiences can identify with, and a dramatic arc that is able to capture and hold viewers' intellectual and emotional attention.”
-- Julia Bacha

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“Non-violence is not glamorous, and you don't see the effects right away.”
-- Julia Bacha

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“When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University.”
-- Julia Bacha

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“If in any divination the Tenth Card should be a Court Card, it shews that the subject of the divination falls ultimately into the hands of a person represented by that card, and its end depends mainly on him.”

Source : A. E. Waite (2012). “The Pictorial Key to the Tarot”, p.208, Courier Corporation

“O marriage! marriage! what a curse is thine, Where hands alone consent and hearts abhor.”

Source : Aaron Hill (1760). “Muses in mourning. Zara, to which is added, an interlude, never before printed. Snake in the grass. Alzira. Saul. Daraxes. Merope. Roman revenge. Insolvent. Some love letters, by the author”, p.147

“I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.”

“A little bit of attention and kindness can totally change a whole life, and a lack of that can do the same.”

Source : "Adrien Brody: The quiet American". Interview with Alex Clark, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2012.

“Grown-up love means actually understanding what you love, taking the good with the bad and helping your loved one grow. Love takes attention and work and is the best thing in the world.”

“Love is heaven and fear is hell. Where you place your attention is where you live.”

“To the extent that language forces experiences into categories it is a screen between reality and the human being. In a word, we pay for its benefits... Therefore, while using language, as we must of necessity, we should be aware of its shortcomings.”

“So you have to just be really careful and make sure that when a deal comes along, that it's like the right deal for you... not necessarily the most money, because you have to pay the record label that back in like record sales and stuff.”

“My only ambition when I came to Hollywood was to pay my rent.”

“It's all about the Benjamins, I got a Pay Per View and I should be on Pay Per View.”