"I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement."

-- Jane Gardam

#Thinking Quotes #Influence Quotes #Cynicism Quotes

“I wanted revenge; I wanted to dance on the graves of a few people who made me unhappy. It's a pretty infantile way to go through life - I'll show them - but I've done it, and I've got more than I ever dreamed of.”
“I never knew until I came here [Hollywood] that somebody could be really nice to you for years and really hate your guts. Happens all the time here.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Democracy to me is letting the other person speak and being dissenting without being disagreeable.”
“God is not identified with the world, for he made it; but God is not separate from His world, either. For He made it.”

Source : Joseph Sittler (1998). “The Structure of Christian Ethics”, p.4, Westminster John Knox Press
“I always performed as a kid to make my family laugh and was more concerned with making kids at school laugh than I was about the lessons.”
“It is not sexuality which haunts society but society which haunts the bodyâ€™s sexuality”
“Time is the herald of truth.”
“It takes a number of different skill sets, I think, to try and be a good producer. You have to be very creative, but you also have to be incredibly financially minded. I jokingly say the job is kind of part cheerleader and part dictator. It is both of those things, because you have to make sure that people are doing what they need to be doing, but creatively you really need to be helping each person in every job across the crew. Cheering them on, keeping them inspired into doing their best work, and you have the director's vision in the forefront.”

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