"The point of the essay is to change things."

-- Edward Tufte

#Things Change Quotes #Essays Quotes

“To write a book is for all the world like humming a songâ€”be but in tune with yourself, madam, 'tis no matter how high or how low you take it.”
“You always want your films to go as far as they can.”

Source : "Sally Hawkins: 'You think adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be capable'". Interview With Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.
“My temperament and habit had always kept me rather in the middle of the road; in politics as well as in social reform I had been for "the best possible." But now I was pushed far toward the left on the subject of the war and I became gradually convinced that in order to make the position of the pacifist clear it was perhaps necessary that at least a small number of us should be forced into an unequivocal position.”
“There is no point at which you can say, 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I reckon it's more of an external perspective that on some level you really can control and dictate how your career's going to go.”
“I've always found that fashion is, first of all, mainly for yourself. So my two icons are, on one side, Little Edie from 'Grey Gardens' and, of course, like all my generation, I'm influenced by Kate Moss.”
“The gates of hell will not be able to withstand these people! They are people who will build a new prototype for today, and unlock a Kingdom mentality that hell cannot withstand. They will have centers for gatherings that will be known as Glory Fire Freedom Outposts.”
“If Woody Allen called me, I'd be there straight away. Who wouldn't? Truly.”

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