"In our early youth we sit before the life that lies ahead of us like children sitting before the curtain in a theatre, in happy and tense anticipation of whatever is going to appear. Luckily we do not know what really will appear."

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

#Children Quotes #Lying Quotes #Theatre Quotes

“The music and the philosophy feed off of one another on a subconscious level, though I've never really integrated my academic teaching into songwriting. But what they have in common is that they're both ways to tap into the mysterious parts of our world.”
“It always takes awhile to find out who the characters are.”

Source : "Enterprise Calls Auberjonois". Interview with Michelle Erica Green, www.littlereview.com.
“NBC is working with a team of astrophysicists to create a new day of the week.”

Source : Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. April 15, 2002.
“Daughters are supposed to be friends to their mothers in their old age.”
“The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness but weakness; and one instance of their hatred of weakness is hatred of self. All the passionate pursuits of the weak are in some degree a striving to escape, blur, or disguise an unwanted self. It is a striving shot through with malice, envy, self-deception, and a host of petty impulses; yet it often culminates in superb achievements.”
“And don't rush to make movies. Movies should be made when they're absolutely ready. There's too many bad movies being made.”
“I think you can learn lots of skills playing football. Team building is one. You also learn how to solve problems within your team. Sometimes you find yourself playing with players that you don't necessarily like, but you have to put your differences aside for the good of the team. It gives you skills that you may not appreciate at the time.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“If we are ready to tolerate everything as understood, there is nothing left to explain; while if we sourly refuse to take anything, even tentatively, as clear, no explanation can be given.”

Source : Nelson Goodman (1983). “Fact, Fiction, and Forecast”, p.31, Harvard University Press

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