"A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture."

-- Peter Bart

#Light Quotes #Decision Quotes #Green Quotes

“There was a time when I could walk down the street, Hollywood Boulevard or Beverly Drive, and somebody would come up to you and they would say, "Excuse me," and you'd barely hear them, and you'd turn around and you'd say, "Yeah, how you doing?" and they'd say, "I'm really sorry to bother you, but my aunt is a big fan of yours, and would you mind terribly if you'd just sign this paper," or whatever it is, and you're happy to do that, and the people are pretty nice about it.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.”
“Because operators are based thousands of miles away from the battlefield, and undertake operations entirely through computer screens and remote audio feed, there is a risk of developing a 'PlayStation' mentality to killing.”

Source : "Drone warfare: life on the new frontline" by Chris Woods, www.theguardian.com. February 24, 2015.
“And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be an actor. My father used to say to me you should be an actor if you want to be in the arts.”
“During meditation, if we can concentrate all our attention on one point, and put all problems in front of it, then they can be solved immediately. Our power is great, but we never use it. If we do not use our power by concentrating on it, then it seems we do not have any power at all.”
“Iâ€™m sure you gathered this by now: I just do what I want. Have I made out with chicks? Hell yeah. Did I think it was awesome? Hell yeah. I wouldnâ€™t call myself bi. Like, if I didnâ€™t eat meat for a week, it doesnâ€™t make me a vegetarian. So I like people, and thatâ€™s just it. I like people.”
“Not every change is an improvement but every improvement is a change; you can't do anything BETTER unless you can manage to do it DIFFERENTLY, you've got to let yourself do better than other people!”
“My first occupation was to map the country.”

Source : John Hanning Speke (2015). “Source of the Nile”, p.17, Amberley Publishing Limited

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