"What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart."

-- Learned Hand

#Determination Quotes #May Quotes #Safe Quotes

“I have always wanted to work in the theater. I've always felt the glamour of being backstage and that excitement, but I've never actually done it - not since I was in 5th grade, really. But I've had many plays in my films. I feel like maybe theater is a part of my movie work.”

Source : "Wes Anderson, Creating A Singular 'Kingdom'". "Fresh Air" with David Bianculli, ripr.org. May 29, 2012.
“I'm one of the few people in Hollywood who actually had a good childhood.”
“Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.”

Source : The New York Times, March 26, 1961.
“Whoa, wait a minute, Coletrane. Are you proposing to me?â€ â€œWell I would if youâ€™d let me finish,â€ he grumbled.”
“Whatever truth we feel compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a way of spiritually holding our breath. You can only do it for so long.”
“The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping.”

Source : Douglas Bader (2006). “Douglas Bader: Fight for the Sky”, p.19, Pen and Sword
“And you cannot have a socialist revolution commandeered from the top, ordered around by some omniscient leader or group of leaders”

Source : Ernest Mandel (1994). “Revolutionary Marxism and social reality in the 20th century: collected essays”, Humanities Press Intl
“My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young. I only realized about five years ago that I actually didn't want to be an actor.”

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