"When you are editing, the final master is Aristotle and his poetics. You might have a terrific episode, but if people are falling out because there are just too many elements in it, you have to begin to get rid of things."

-- Ken Burns

#Fall Quotes #Editing Quotes #People Quotes

“I have never heard anyone say This is it. I know right now is the high point of my life. It will never get any better. Only in retrospect do we recognize the best times and of course then it is too late.”
“There is, they say, (and I believe there is), A spark within us of th' immortal fire, That animates and moulds the grosser frame; And when the body sinks, escapes to heaven; Its native seat, and mixes with the gods.”

Source : John Armstrong (2011). “John Armstrong's The Art of Preserving Health: Eighteenth-century Sensibility in Practice”, p.111, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
“Be dangerous and unpredictable. And make a lot of noise.”
“It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.”
“We want perfect elections, not just any kind of elections. And it's the electoral commission that organizes elections in the country - this is what most people forget. We have an independent commission which, acccording to our constitution, is in charge of organizing elections.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“You should shower," I said. "Right now." "I smell that bad?" (Patch) Actually, he smelled that good.”
“Most of my school friends and even a few of my teachers called me Duck.”

Source : "Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Bassist With Booker T. and the MGs, Stax, Dies at 70", www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 13, 2012.
“Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been about love for a brother. Or a father. Or a friend. It could just as easily have been a prayer.”

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