"I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent."

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Source : "Christopher Isherwood, The Art of Fiction No. 49". Interview with W.I. Scobie, www.theparisreview.org. Spring 1974.

Christopher Isherwood

#Doe Quotes #Entertainment Quotes #Entertainment Industry Quotes

“Have the models been successful in predicting anything? They, of course, predict substantial global warming. This is not surprising given the expressed belief of some of the model builders in the global warming Hypothesis and the many parameters in the model that need to be introduced. However, the models also predict unambiguously that the atmosphere is warming faster than the surface of the earth; but all the available observational data unambiguously shows the opposite!”

Source : Letter to the Wall Street Journal, www.desmogblog.com.
“Marine protected areas, and particularly no-take zones, are very effective in allowing regeneration of fish stocks.”
“Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.”
“Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.”
“I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.”
“Poetry is the special medium of spiritual crazy wisdom, the form of expression that comes closest to creating a bridge between words and what is wordless.”

Source : Scoop Nisker, Wes Nisker (1990). “Crazy Wisdom”
“Sometimes if I can't sleep and I am up in the night, I will start researching things - it could be an image I've seen, or a book I am reading.”
“Fifteen minutes later, a meeting was called. "Okay, look." Deb's face was dead serious. "I know I just joined this project, and I don't want to offend anyone. But I'm going to be honest. I think you've been going about this all wrong." "I'm offended," Dave told her flatly.”

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