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Obscene Quotes

It’s hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children’s book I am mistaken for a parenting expert Picture Quote #1

I actually don’t have a view on whether someone watching certain material that may be legal in some places, but might be obscene to somebody else, can trigger a violent streak in someone Picture Quote #1

Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene - in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses Picture Quote #1

I don’t fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not Picture Quote #1

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. I mean in this century’s history. But we all lived in this century. I didn’t live in this century Picture Quote #1

What makes [photography] obscene is its terrible cruelty. Happiness may be fleeting, but it’s the reason we go on living. Photography is the joy that precedes pain, the moment of life just before death Picture Quote #1

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When I was first pregnant, which was, let’s see, in nineteen-eighty-three - I remember wearing a regular bathing suit to my in-laws’ pool. It was just like a spandex one-piece, completely modest, and yet people were looking at me like it was obscene Picture Quote #1

I didn’t think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that Picture Quote #1

Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I’m interested in. That’s what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn’t be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member Picture Quote #1

Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us Picture Quote #1

It begins and ends with money. It’s absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It’s obscene Picture Quote #1

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest Picture Quote #1

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$Dream of a world where poverty is history, dream of a world where we don’t spend those obscene billions on arms, knowing full well that a tiny fraction of those budgets of death would ensure that children everywhere had clean water to drink, could afford the cheap inoculations against preventable diseases, would have good schools, adequate healthcare and decent homes Picture Quote #1$

For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as natural, death is the obscene mystery, the ultimate affront, the thing that cannot be controlled. It can only be denied Picture Quote #1

Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones Picture Quote #1

Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company. The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant Picture Quote #1

I didn’t think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that Picture Quote #1

Before, I’d photograph anything. I didn’t think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think there’s one thing I’ve ever said on the radio that would have been found indecent or obscene Picture Quote #1

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters Picture Quote #1

I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody’s life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done Picture Quote #1

The close up of a face is as obscene as a sexual organ seen from up close. It is a sexual organ. The promiscuity of the detail, the zoom in, takes on a sexual value Picture Quote #1

When he laughed in his throat, the butterfly laughed at me too. It’s obscene fluttering corrupted me into darkness Picture Quote #1

The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity Picture Quote #1

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How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions Picture Quote #1

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame Picture Quote #1

The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, prophane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame, or blame Picture Quote #1

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great Picture Quote #1

Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows only that he has passed into it and lives beyond us, in a condition not ours Picture Quote #1

Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad; hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us Picture Quote #1

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It’s hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children’s book I am mistaken for a parenting expert. (Obscene Quotes) I actually don’t have a view on whether someone watching certain material that may be legal in some places, but might be obscene to somebody else, can trigger a violent streak in someone. (Obscene Quotes) Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to be) a death sentence, but because it is felt to be obscene - in the original meaning of that word: ill-omened, abominable, repugnant to the senses. (Obscene Quotes) I don’t fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not. (Obscene Quotes) The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation’s history. I mean in this century’s history. But we all lived in this century. I didn’t live in this century (Obscene Quotes) What makes [photography] obscene is its terrible cruelty. Happiness may be fleeting, but it’s the reason we go on living. Photography is the joy that precedes pain, the moment of life just before death. (Obscene Quotes) When I was first pregnant, which was, let’s see, in nineteen-eighty-three - I remember wearing a regular bathing suit to my in-laws’ pool. It was just like a spandex one-piece, completely modest, and yet people were looking at me like it was obscene. (Obscene Quotes) I didn’t think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that. (Obscene Quotes) Capturing intimacy is pretty much the only thing I’m interested in. That’s what excites me and what I find beautiful in movies personally - that almost obscene sense that we shouldn’t be this close to these people. I find that very inviting and meaningful as an audience member. (Obscene Quotes) Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad, hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us. (Obscene Quotes) It begins and ends with money. It’s absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It’s obscene. (Obscene Quotes) The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest (Obscene Quotes) Dream of a world where poverty is history, dream of a world where we don’t spend those obscene billions on arms, knowing full well that a tiny fraction of those budgets of death would ensure that children everywhere had clean water to drink, could afford the cheap inoculations against preventable diseases, would have good schools, adequate healthcare and decent homes. (Obscene Quotes) For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as natural, death is the obscene mystery, the ultimate affront, the thing that cannot be controlled. It can only be denied (Obscene Quotes) Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones (Obscene Quotes) Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company. The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant (Obscene Quotes) I didn’t think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body. Now, I recognize that there are certain postures and angles that make people see red, which are evidence of original sin or something, and I avoid that (Obscene Quotes) Before, I’d photograph anything. I didn’t think there was anything more or less obscene about any part of the body (Obscene Quotes) I don’t think there’s one thing I’ve ever said on the radio that would have been found indecent or obscene (Obscene Quotes) I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters (Obscene Quotes) I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody’s life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done (Obscene Quotes) The close up of a face is as obscene as a sexual organ seen from up close. It is a sexual organ. The promiscuity of the detail, the zoom in, takes on a sexual value (Obscene Quotes) When he laughed in his throat, the butterfly laughed at me too. It’s obscene fluttering corrupted me into darkness (Obscene Quotes) The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity (Obscene Quotes) How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions (Obscene Quotes) The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame (Obscene Quotes) The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, prophane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame, or blame (Obscene Quotes) It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great (Obscene Quotes) Bankruptcy is a sacred state, a condition beyond conditions, as theologians might say, and attempts to investigate it are necessarily obscene, like spiritualism. One knows only that he has passed into it and lives beyond us, in a condition not ours (Obscene Quotes) Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad; hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us (Obscene Quotes)

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