"As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness."

-- Bao ?ai

#Years Quotes #Twenties Quotes #Reign Quotes

“We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail...We are mute when it comes to naming accurately our own preferences, delights, gifts, talents. The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations. The tongue of the original self is the language of the heart.”
“In this, photography is the same thing as love. When my gaze, diving into the sea as my subject, converges with the act of photography, hot sparks fly at the point of intersection.”
“You get no more and no less than what you believe you deserve.”
“In silent films, quite complex plots are built around action, setting, and the actors gestures and facial expressions, with a very few storyboards to nail down specific plot points.”

Source : Peter Farb (2015). “Word Play: What Happens When People Talk”, p.236, Vintage
“If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the story into a totally different thing; the narrative of film is different from that of a book.”
“The trouble with movies as a business is that it's an art, and the trouble with movies as art is that it's a business.”
“He who tempts, though in vain, at last asperses The tempted with dishonor foul, supposed Not incorruptible of faith, not proof Against temptation.”
“Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.”

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