"Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity"

-- Barney Kessel

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“Desire's wind blasts the thorntree but after it becomes from a bramblebush to be a rose upon the rood of time.”
“Spare the rod and spoil the child.”
“Well, I guess I am about the livest dead man you ever saw; although I was once asked to accept a coffin.”
“Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.”
“I love films for the fact that it is like working under a microscope. It is sort of like a laboratory.”
“Each performance and each film is what it is. It's right and belongs within that moment. You look at it and try to make it fit your particular part of your character and your particular film.”
“All living beings have experience of pleasure and pain, and we are among them. What makes human beings different is that we have a powerful intelligence and a much greater ability to achieve happiness and avoid suffering. Real happiness and friendship come not from money or even knowledge, but from warm-heartednes s. Once we recognize this we will be more inclined to cultivate it.”
“Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.”

Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial

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