"It's funny because when I was growing up, I was really into science fiction and fantasy as a kid. And, when I first became a screenwriter, I ended up really just doing historical drama and non-fiction based stuff, like Band of Brothers and stuff that didn't get made, but was also non-fiction."

-- John Orloff

#Brother Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Drama Quotes

“Learning is a process whereby a human being, or group, or organization, or society comes to understand and embody nature's patterns.”
“Good morning, Revolution: You're the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on”

Source : Langston Hughes (2001). “The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: The poems, 1921-1940”, p.224, University of Missouri Press
“The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?”
“Boredom comes not from reality but from people who are only half alive.”

Source : Thomas Dubay (2002). “Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within”, p.77, Ignatius Press
“Twisting through the thorn-thick underbrush, scratched and exhausted, one turns suddenly to find an unexpected waterfall, not half a mile from the nearest road, a spot so hard to reach that no one comes a hiding place, a shrine for dragonflies and nesting jays, a sign that there is still one piece of property that won't be owned.”

Source : Dana Gioia (2016). “99 Poems: New & Selected”, p.47, Macmillan
“The best part about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest part about being a teacher is that it matters every day.”
“The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search.”

Source : Max Lerner (1959). “The Unfinished Country”
“I'm sure that a lot of my friends - even though they're curious about the music of nations that are not on their radar - still don't know what Kuwaiti music sounds like.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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