"Raising people is not some lark. It's serious work with serious repercussions. It's air-traffic control. You can't step out for a minute; you can barely pause to scratch your ankle."

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Source : Kelly Corrigan (2014). “Glitter and Glue: A Memoir”, p.186, Ballantine Books

Kelly Corrigan

#Air Quotes #People Quotes #Larks Quotes

“If, since the start, I'd played well and put in some good matches it would all have been too simple.”
“It's actually really great to be a student and an actor, because I get to do this job that I love, then just when I think my head might explode, I get to go to school where they don't really care about what magazine cover I'm on.”
“When we're in a human body, we don't care about universal collapse - instead, we care only about a meeting of the eyes, a glimpse of bare flesh, the caressing tones of a loved voice, joy, love, light, the orientation of a house plant, the shade of a paint stroke, the arrangement of hair.”
“Movies can be effective in influencing people to think in ways they might not otherwise be exposed to. Social commentary in films is most effective when you're not aware of a soapbox. Making the point without force-feeding the audience is the most desirable approach.”
“Patriotism to your country is something that comes from your heart. It should be taught to you by your parents.”
“To be an artist, you're basically a crazy person. You're extremely narcissistic and emotionally expressive. The idea that the world needs to listen to you is an insane thought.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.”

Source : Elizabeth Frank, Jackson Pollock (1983). “Jackson Pollock”, Abbeville Pr
“If I have to remove one to save ten, I'll do it in a heartbeat. If I have to waterboard somebody to save a thousand people, I'll do it in a heartbeat.”

Source : "Boondock Saints Interview: Norman Reedus & Sean P. Flanery". Interview with Alex Kecskes, acedmagazine.com. January 5, 2012.

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