"The technical is not just the machinery. The technical is a disposition to life."

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Leon Kass

#Disposition Quotes #Machinery Quotes

“People will do as they are told by someone who outranks them, but they will only follow someone they believe in.”
“Charlie Parker was the greatest individual musician that ever lived. Every instrument in the band tried to copy Charlie Parker, and in the history of jazz there had never been one man who influenced all the instruments.”

Source : Gary Giddins (1987). “Celebrating Bird: the triumph of Charlie Parker”, University of Maryland Sea Grant Publications
“The provisions of Christ's gospel appear mean and scanty to the world, yet they satisfy all that feed on him in their hearts by faith with thanksgiving.”
“When today fails to offer the justification for hope, tomorrow becomes the only grail worth pursuing.”
“I mean, I have done scenes with animals, with owls, with bats, with cats, with special effects, with thespians, in the freezing cold, in the pouring rain, boiling hot; I've done press with every syndication, every country; I've done interviews with people dressed up as cows - there's honestly nothing that's gonna intimidate me!”
“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.”
“The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.”
“Our eyes are always blind when they view the future.”

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