"Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock . Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue."

-- Theognis of Megara

#Character Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Octopus Quotes

“I don't have to be working on an album to record a song.”
“Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.”
“The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is more believable than the product itself.”

Source : Leo Burnett (1961). “Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett”
“A moment of complete happiness never occurs in the creation of a work of art. The promise of it is felt in the act of creation but disappears towards the completion of the work. For it is then the painter realises that it is only a picture he is painting. Until then he had almost dared to hope the picture might spring to life.”
“I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they're doing.”

Source : "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof's Benjamin Walker on Dancing Ballet and His Repo-Man Days". Interview with Jada Yuan, www.vulture.com. January 21, 2013.
“I know I'm the guy others will lean on.”
“Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children in films, and they're treated as adults and they just drop the pretense of being children.”
“Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.”

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