"Make sure your message is clear, yet that you are faithful to its complexity."

-- Michael Dirda

#Writing Quotes #Editing Quotes #Faithful Quotes

“First of all, let's get one thing straight: fitness and exercise aren't the same thing. You can exercise without getting fit, but you can't get fit without exercise.”

Source : Jaclyn Smith (1986). “The American look”, Fireside
“Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it.”
“From my point of view what I have to do now is appreciate and enjoy what football gave me, but now do something else with the same energy and enthusiasm I gave to football without expecting the same results.”
“The proclamation of Jesus is not a veneer: the proclamation of Jesus goes straight to the bones, heart, goes deep within and change us. And the spirit of the world does not tolerate it, will not tolerate it, and therefore, there is persecution.”
“Friends in the Dharma, be satisfied with your own heads. Do not put any false heads above your own. Then, minute after minute, watch your step closely.”

Source : Nyogen Senzaki, Ruth Strout McCandless (2011). “The Iron Flute: 100 Zen Koans”, p.137, Tuttle Publishing
“Making your first feature film is actually impossible.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training.”
“I used the Internet to keep really close contact with my fans. I think that one thing I brought over the ocean with me was the connection with my fans. They went through the process with me. They're very supportive of me, but I was nervous about that. I didn't want to make it seem like I was abandoning them.”

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