"With studio work, I'm always the bottom man on the totem pole."

-- David Lindsay-Abaire

#Men Quotes #Totems Quotes #Bottom Quotes

“First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and trembling. We can help one another to find the meaning of life no doubt. But in the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence. You cannot tell me who I am and I cannot tell you who you are. If you do not know your own identity, who is going to identify you?”
“You have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.”
“People start realising that I'm a responsible filmmaker and I'm not going to run away with the budget or do anything stupid. I think it probably depends on the subject matter and it depends on who's producing and all those things. My hope is that I'll be allowed to carry on making films.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“You don't need money to look fabulous. There are so many awesome new designers, so many designers doing collections for mass retailers.”

Source : Interview with John-John Williams IV, articles.baltimoresun.com. October 15, 2010.
“When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.”

Source : "You Were Made For This" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, www.awakin.org. January 28, 2008.
“Since the age of 15 poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or formed any relationship that seemed inconsistent with poetic principles; which has sometimes won me the reputation of an eccentric.”
“I led a sheltered life. I didn't know how to book a flight.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Most people when they have autobiographies, they're not autobiographies, they're biographies written by a ghost writer.”

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