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Frankly my dear I don't give a damn

Is art good for society?

There has been this debate ever since film making has started. You will find a million of such arguments in the internet. Well, I don't know if you consider film making an art, and I really don't know if it's good for society? Lets see...

Those who love movies or arts in general claim that arts are really good for society and those who doesn't have a real good opinion on arts or movies in particular claim that they have an adverse affect on society. If you think seeing violence in movies begets violence and people tend to smoke after they see someone in movies smoke, there is no excuse.

“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain.”

- John Adams

So it seems that art is very important and it's our responsibility to pass it to the future generations. What I say again is what is not art?

Any how, I just like to appreciate good things and embrace great things. These are just a few of my favorite quotes/dialogues from the movies I like the most.

Below are the dialogues from "The Shawshank Redemption" movie. It's the best movie that was ever made on any silver screen, my favorite:

• Hope is good thing, maybe the best of the things and no good thing ever dies.
• The funny thing is - on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.
• These walls are funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, you get so you depend on them. That's institutionalized.
• Get busy living or get busy dying.

Gone with the Wind:

• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

Must Love Dogs:

• A love so real even after you're dead it still hurts.

Hitch:

• Never lie, steal, cheat or drink. But, if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company.If you must cheat, cheat death.If you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

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Understanding Opportunities

The main idea of writing this blog is to put down my experiences in photography and record rambling thoughts that come to my mind. When I said rambling thoughts, those are just my opinions and may not comply with you. I wonder sometimes, how complex each person's thought process and understanding is? It seems a little heavy for me too, but I don't know. I just put them on soft paper to reminisce in future and understand how mind works and how the thought process of a human being changes over time.

Coming to the topic "understanding opportunities", I don't know why it came to my mind, may be because of stuff happening in my life and I just like to put down my observation.

Getting opportunities is a good thing, even more important is to understand opportunities then only you would know how important it is to use it or lose it. People tend to ignore opportunities just based on the face value of it, without even putting any thought to it. I honestly hate it as you might be taking life changing decisions sometimes without even knowing your opportunities, to me it just seems gambling your life. Availing yourself a good opportunity is possible when you really understand it.

There is a saying by Maltbie Babcock on opportunity.

Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them.

So what I say is know or understand your opportunities. After all, what are you going to lose.

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