"Our minds are like certain vehicles,--when they have little to carry they make much noise about it, but when heavily loaded they run quietly."

-- Elihu Burritt

#Running Quotes #Mind Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Technical people don't make good slaves. Without their wholehearted cooperation, things fall apart.”

Source : Vernor Vinge (2007). “A Deepness in the Sky”, p.26, Macmillan
“From the writing stage, I had envisioned a film that would be bright and light, even if the movie addresses adolescent unrest and self-destructive behavior. Talking about adolescence, I wanted to make a very musical film that was also a love story with a sensorial, sensual dimension and which had a strong emotional impact.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I go where I'm stimulated. If I'm stimulated, I show up. As Mick Jagger sings: It's my life and I'll do what I want.”

Source : "Smokin' Aces - Andy Garcia interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.
“What I'm trying to do with Thrizzle is create the experience of a humor magazine, even if it's just one person. So that's involved me trying to simulate different styles and create a feeling of some contrast and variation, which is obviously very different from Snake 'N' Bacon.”
“I am a makeup junkie... Yves St. Laurent, Christian Dior, and anything else that looks good.”
“The next war... may well bury Western civilization forever.”
“Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.”
“Conversion is a work above man's power... Never think you can convert yourself. If ever you would be savingly converted, you must despair of doing it in your own strength. It is a resurrection from the dead, a new creation, a work of absolute omnipotence... This is a supernatural work.”

Source : "Alarm to the Unconverted".

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