"Movies are a combination of art and mass medium, but television is so single in its purpose-selling-that it operates without that painful, poignant mixture of aspiration and effort and compromise."

-- Pauline Kael

#Art Quotes #Effort Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America.”

Source : Interview with Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. May 4, 2004.
“I had gone into the hospital with the stupid notion that its primary object was the care and comfort of the sick and wounded. It was long after that I learned that a vast majority of all benevolent institutions are gotten up to gratify the aesthetic tastes of the public; exhibit the wealth and generosity of the founders, and furnish places for officers. The beneficiaries of the institutions are simply an apology for their existence, and having furnished that apology, the less said about them the better.”
“When I am designing, my aim is to create tension and then gradually proceed into quiet.”
“God has gone before us so we can walk in the future He has for us.”
“I like to work with different musicians and producers to change the feels of every release.”
“Relate your ask to the group at large by using "we" instead of "I." So I might say, "We grew our traffic by X percent this quarter and it was awesome; I brought in X percent of that." It also helps when women make it about collaboration: This is not a battle - you want to work together with the other person to get to a place you are both happy with - so remind them you're trying to come to a mutually beneficial agreement.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“Depression is anger turned inward.”

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