"What we have is a data glut."

-- Vernor Vinge

“Everyone should have a moment with Ron Howard in their life to give you faith in our industry.”
“Then she fell on her knees, saying: 'I beg thee!' 'Nay, lady,' he said, and taking her by the hand he raised her. The he kissed her hand, and sprang into the saddle, and rode away, and did not look back; and only those who knew him well and were near to him saw the pain that he bore.”
“All you can do is the best you can do.”
“Nooo! Leave that to George Lucas, he' s really mastered the CGI acting. That scares me! I hate it! Everybody is so pleased and excited by it. Animation is animation. Animation is great. But it's when you're now taking what should be films full of people, living thinking, breathing, flawed creatures and you're controlling every moment of that, it's just death to me. It's death to cinema, I can't watch those Star Wars films, they're dead things.”
“I did Showtime at the Apollo when I was 10, and it was the first time that Id ever performed on TV, and it felt great.”
“I had people telling me I was the best and when it would sink in, I'd feel like I'd have to push things further, otherwise I wasn't worthy of their praise.”

Source : Source: theindiespiritualist.com
“A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.”
“An understanding of what food is and how cooking works does no violence to the art of cuisine, destroys no delightful mystery. Instead, the mystery expands from matters of expertise and taste to encompass the hidden patterns and wonderful coincidences of nature.”

Source : Harold McGee (2003). “On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen”, Scribner

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