"In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation."

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Source : Kage Baker (2012). “Ancient Rockets: Treasures and Train Wrecks of the Silent Screen”, p.29, Tachyon Publications

Kage Baker

#Waiting Quotes #Corporations Quotes #Film Quotes

“You are not a female or a male - you are a dancer. And when I started going into choreography I became part of a team of people making movies. I wasn't a woman choreographer. I was a choreographer.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“It's a dismally lonely business, writing.”
“People will kill you over time, and how they'll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like 'be realistic.'”
“Selling eight million copies of your first album will mess you up.”
“The world in which we were called to exist was an absurd world, and there was no other in which we could take refuge.”
“Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying that while other composers were engaged in manufacturing cocktails, he offered the public pure cold water.”

Source : Sir Neville Cardus (1966). “The Delights of Music: A Critic's Choice”, London : Gollancz
“There's a lie that all drivers tell themselves. Death is something that happens to other people, and that's how you find the courage to get in the car in the first place. The closer you are to death the more alive you feel. But more powerful than fear itself, is the will to win.”
“My origami creations, in accordance with the laws of nature, require the use of geometry, science, and physics. They also encompass religion, philosophy, and biochemistry. Overall, I want you to discover the joy of creation by your own handthe possibility of creation from paper is infinite.”

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