"In silent films, quite complex plots are built around action, setting, and the actors gestures and facial expressions, with a very few storyboards to nail down specific plot points."

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Source : Peter Farb (2015). “Word Play: What Happens When People Talk”, p.236, Vintage

Laurie R. King

#Expression Quotes #Nails Quotes #Plot Quotes

“I got your back You got mine, I'll help you out Anytime.”
“comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.”
“All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temptations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long years get to know one another's failings; but they also come to know what is worthy of respect and admiration in those they live with and in themselves. If at the end one can say, This man used to the limit the powers that God granted him; he was worthy of love and respect and of the sacrifices of many people, made in order that he might achieve what he deemed to be his task, then that life has been lived well and there are no regrets.”
“It is indeed in many ways more comfortable to belong to that section of society whose action are not publicly canvassed and discussed”
“I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and especially their negative emotional buttons. Because words soak up emotional connotations and are processed involuntarily by the listener, you can't will yourself not to treat the word in terms of what it means.”
“If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.”
“I trust Winsor and Newton and I paint directly upon it.”
“I have to own something before I can say it, and I have to own it before I can sing it as well, emotionally. I only enjoy acting and singing if I am believing what I am doing.”

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