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Quote by Thelma Schoonmaker

“Like a lady who has lost weight and she's just getting to that point where she can fit into that favourite dress, you get the film down to just about the right cut. You can feel it when it happens.”

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Thelma Schoonmaker

Thelma Schoonmaker, born on January 3, 1940, is an accomplished film editor. She is renowned for her work on Martin Scorsese's films such as 'Taxi Driver' and 'Goodfellas'. Schoonmaker has collaborated with Scorsese for over 40 years, winning multiple Academy Awards together. more

“I'm not a person who believes in the great difference between women and men as editors. But I do think that quality is key. We're very good at organizing and discipline and patience, and patience is 50 per cent of editing. You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that.”

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Author:Thelma Schoonmaker

“You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that.”

Thinking Banging

Author:Thelma Schoonmaker

“True revolution comes not when we learn to ignore our fat and pretend we're no different, but when we learn to use it to our advantage, when we learn to deconstruct all the myths that propagate fat-hate.”

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Author:Nomy Lamm

“I found that part of it towards San Salvador extending from north to south five leagues, and the other side which we coasted along, ran from east to west more than ten leagues.”

Found Sides Five Ten West South East Ran League Extending

Author:Christopher Columbus