Quotes for All
I think the beauty of documentary work is that it’s a mystery – you never know where it’s going to lead you. You start out with some notion of it, but it’s very different from a script. A script you write, you shoot against, and you know what the story is going to be. There’s … Read more
Above all, mine is a love story. Unlike most love stories, this one involves chance, gravity, a dash of head trauma. It began with a coin toss. The coin came up tails. I was heads. Had it gone my way, there might not be a story at all. Just a chapter, or a sentence in … Read more
Anything is possible as long as you’re focused, determined and you really want to do it. Gabriel Iglesias
…once the cards are dealt we turn them up in turn, and make two piles each, one red, one black; the winner has the biggest pile of red ones. So once the cards are dealt the game is determined, and from any position in it you can derive all others back to the deal and … Read more
The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough. Ezra Taft Benson
The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of prayer. Evelyn Underhill
In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts of writing in me, .. A lot of authors, if their first book is a success, they’re terrified to write a second one. But in my case, since the first book wasn’t considered … Read more
I was determined to make working with UNICEF not just something that I did on the trip but something I’d do for the rest of my life Ewan McGregor
Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.’ Evan Bayh
When you become so determined that you want to feel good – you have become as your Inner Being is, in such a pure place of Positive Energy – then that which is ‘negative energy’ simply can’t mix with you. It defies Law. If you are very strong and clear about your positive wanting, and … Read more