"I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made"
- Elia Kazan
About this Quote
This quote by Elia Kazan speaks to the concept that one can be successful and still preserve their left-leaning political beliefs. It recommends that it is possible to be both successful and left-leaning, and that it is possible to be in the public eye and be appreciated for one's accomplishments. Kazan is recommending that it is possible to be effective and still be real to one's beliefs, and that it is possible to be both appreciated and envied for one's success. This quote talks to the idea that a person can be successful and still preserve their left-leaning political beliefs, and that it is possible to be both appreciated and envied for one's success. It is a suggestion that success and political beliefs do not have to be equally special, which it is possible to be effective and still be true to one's beliefs.
This quote is written / told by Elia Kazan between September 7, 1909 and September 28, 2003. He was a famous Director from USA.
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