"I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about."

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Source : Sidney Lumet (2010). “Making Movies”, p.13, Vintage

Sidney Lumet

#Long Quotes #Care Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“I think how strict my mother's home could be with my mom and my stepfather, there was a fluidity and freedom in my dad's existence that I enjoyed when I was around him, though the responsibility was just different. He expected me to carry myself a certain way without all the rules and confines.”
“You need people who are shaping and advocating for the actual policies and structural changes that need to occur in order to address those issues. That's where the politics and t”
“It's a power that I can't explain. As it flows and it grows and it shapes my faith. There've been hundreds of moments I can't deny. When it brushe against the fire or dwelt in the Fire of God.”
“I think the challenge is going out in front of a paying audience with absolutely nothing and trying to entertain them for two hours. Thankfully, I only think about that right before we go on, and then once we're out there, everything's fine.”
“[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics”
“I relieve rappers just like Tylenol”

Source : Song: Raw
“To us â€” richer and cleverer than everyone else!”
“God's call doesn't register in a vacuum; only a person who is committed to doing God's will can receive a call.”

Source : Thomas Hale (1995). “On Being a Missionary”, p.18, William Carey Library

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