"A word does not start as a word â€“ it is an end product which begins as an impulse, stimulated by attitude and behaviour which dictates the need for expression."

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Source : Peter Brook (1996). “The Empty Space: A Book About the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

Peter Brook

#Attitude Quotes #Expression Quotes #Needs Quotes

“To a zealot every one of his own sect is a saint, while the most upright of a different sect are to him children of perdition.”

Source : Henry Home (lord Kames.) (1817). “Elements of criticism [by H. Home].”, p.139
“Regardless of how dark and heavy the character is the actor has to approach it with that frame of mind.”
“When you believe that your problem is caused by someone or something else, you become your own victim.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 06, 2015
“Walking is great to be used as an exercise program.”
“It's funny, my agent came up to us and said, "That line, when Nicholas says, 'I'm gonna bust this thing wide open,' what film's that from?" I said, "I think it's from every film." It's just like you get into that kind of mode of generic dialogue, it's fun to do.”

Source : "Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, and Edgar Wright of Hot Fuzz". Interview with Keith Phipps, film.avclub.com. April 18, 2007.
“I have seen what comes of being patient," Amanda said with a boding look. "And I have no opinion of it." "What does come of it?" Inquired Sir Gareth. "Nothing!”
“When you automate an industry you modernize it; when you automate a life you primitivize it.”
“Recalling some of the most spectacular horrors of history - the burning of heretics and witches at the stake, the wholesale massacre of heathens, and other no less repulsive manifestations of Christian civilization in Europe and elsewhere - modern man is filled with pride in the progress accomplished, in one line at least, since the end of the dark ages of religious fanaticism.”

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