"The problem with our art form: it's so ephemeral, and catching performances can be so difficult... the important thing is what happens at the moment of performance, for the people who made the effort to be there: it lives with them."

-- Judith Weir

#Art Quotes #People Quotes #Effort Quotes

“I shoved him off the snowmobile. He landed on his back in the snow. "Love is a brat, you think? No, love id fine. You are the brat, you spoiled, rotten brat!”
“The most colorful section of a bookstore is the display of SF books, with art by people like Wayne Barlow, who is a terrific artist.”
“A lot of times, that ***** behavior is a cover for deep insecurities, and sometimes the deeper the insecurities, the bigger the asshole.”
“All I want to do is make serious movies that explore social issues and turn a profit, and slip the schnitzel to Jane DePugh.”
“Compassion is easily forsaken in the midst of prosperity, even when this prosperity is God given.”
“The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.”
“I take great pride in all the tremendous success we've enjoyed at CBS. And the good news is that I feel even more enthusiastic about what my terrific team and I will accomplish going forward.”
“The idea of childhood as a social invention, in retrospect, is hardly credible. In the Bible, in writings of the Greeks and Romans, and in the works of the first great educator of the modern era, Comenius, children were recognized as being both different from adults and different from one another with respect to their stages of development. To be sure, the scientific study of children and the increased length of life in modern times have enhanced our understanding of age differences, but they have always been acknowledged.”

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