"When I have something to work against, it liberates my imagination. I believe very much in authentic inspiration. I'm not about calculation."

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JÃ¸rgen Leth

#Believe Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Very few established institutions, governments and constitutions ...are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened by their friends.”
“Just to see what a pink dress can mean to a woman, any woman, but a disabled woman, that's extra special and thrilling because they shouldn't be separated and their disabilities don't have to separate them in anyway.”
“The problem I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of belief. What does it mean to believe? We use this word all the time, and I think behind it lurk some really extraordinary taboos and confusions. What I want to argue tonight is that how we talk about belief- how we fail to criticize or criticize the beliefs of others, has more importance to us personally, more consequence to us personally and to civilization than perhaps anything else that is in our power to influence.”
“This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it's your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it's how well you know and understand your aircraft and your own limitations. Luck is the sum total of your of abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you'd better get busy & make some more. Work harder, pay more attention. Do better preflights.”

Source : "The Intruders". Book by Stephen Coonts, 1994.
“Common sense is a phrase employed to denote that degree of intelligence, sagacity, and prudence which is common to all men.”

Source : William Fleming, Charles Porterfield Krauth (1860). “The Vocabulary of Philosophy, Mental, Moral and Metaphysical: With Quotations and References; for the Use of Students”, p.95
“Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on.”
“Tension, in the long run, is a more dangerous force than any feud known to man.”
“I'm not a big fan of table reads or sitting around a table and reading a script. I'd rather do it on set and do it for real.”

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