"For me, trying to expand the energy to make one movie in Hollywood would be the equivalent in terms of energy to making 10 movies in Japan."

-- Takashi Miike

#Japan Quotes #Trying Quotes #Energy Quotes

“I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it ever did was sink. When it took off from England, all kinds of passengers were aboard - millionaires, celebrities, people of moderate means, and poor folks down in the steerage. But a few hours later when they put the list in the Cunard office in New York, it carried only two categories - lost and saved. Grim tragedy had leveled all distinctions.”
“This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen.”

Source : James Weldon Johnson (2004). “Writings”
“I spent so much of my life shut down from the abuse of my childhood. I didn't have friends and I didn't have connections with people.”
“The library...of wisdom is more precious than all riches, and nothing that can be wished for is worthy to be compared with it. Whosoever therefore acknowledges himself to be a zealous follower of truth, of happiness, of wisdom, of science, or even of faith, must of necessity make himself a lover of books.”
“And last, it may be worthwhile trying to hang something beyond the partial wall because some of the pictures do very well in a confined space.”
“I saw the charter as an expression of my long-held view that the subject of law must be the individual human being; the law must permit the individual to fulfil himself or herself to the utmost.”
“... the movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul.”
“I'm always a little leery about doing shows where I'm not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes. After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.”

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