"This is the gravest danger that today threatens civilization: State intervention; the absorption of all spontaneous social effort by the State, that is to say, of spontaneous historical action, which in the long run sustains, nourishes, and impels human destinies."

-- Jose Ortega y Gasset

#Running Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“What is it, I wonder, that makes two people suddenly become important to each other? So important that everything else around them just fades away?”

Source : Sylvia Louise Engdahl (2003). “Enchantress from the Stars”, Puffin
“I try to design into a world that is constantly moving, and moving me.”
“A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.”
“Poetry implies the whole truth, philosophy expresses only a particle of it.”
“We want his power more than his purity.”
“I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard to execute but I think it works on every level - the choice of the material the choice of the actor, my relationship with the actor, and so on.”
“But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.”
“My work is inspired by my passion for human rights issues and the environment, and by my love of family, music and nature.”

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