"If Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer were alive today, weâ€™d say they had ADD or a conduct disorder. They [boys] are who they are, and we need to love them for who they are. Letâ€™s not try to rewire them."

-- Michael Gurian

#Boys Quotes #Trying Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Approach the game with no preset agendas and you'll probably come away surprised at your overall efforts.”
“I see, indeed I know, that in some sense God is love, and God is wisdom, and God is creative action, yes and God is beauty; but what God actually is, whether the maker of all things, or the fragrance of all things, or just a dream in our own hearts, I have not the art to know. Neither have you, I believe; nor any man, nor any spirit of our humble stature.”

Source : "Sirius" by Olaf Stapledon, (Chapter IX), 1944.
“A little bit more than 50% of what you see on screen is handcrafted and the other 50% was about emulating these textures on the computer. However, for us, when we were making it, we had to believe it was all handcrafted.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I'm afraid everything I was is gone and all that's left is everything I'm not.”

Source : Courtney Summers (2015). “Please Remain Calm”, p.28, Macmillan
“For me, its like go ahead and eat. Live your life. I mean, I've just seen so much death, you know, as of late, being in my 40s, of people getting sick or, you know, whatever, that I just feel like, you know what? You never know with life. Eat. Enjoy yourself. Just try to be healthy and, you know, and watch it.”

Source : "Cooking Under The Tuscan Gun". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. November 16, 2009.
“When you step further into the story you came to live, not only does the mythic territory open, but the deep self moves and the world of imagination and meaning comes towards you.”
“When the moon covers the sun, we have a solar eclipse. What do you call it when birds do that?”
“Trash has given us an appetite for art.”

Source : Pauline Kael (1970). “Going Steady: Film Writings, 1968-1969”, Marion Boyars

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