“We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian and Persian fables, mistaken imitation of Egyptian theories and customs, historical chronicles as dry as they are unreliable and miscellaneous poems, amatory, human and Jewish-national, which is rarely distinguished by beauties of the highest order but frequently by superfluity of expression, coarseness, bad taste, and genuine Oriental sensuality.” HumansBookOrderBeliefExpressionTheoryTasteHighestHistoricalAncientGenuineSensualityIndianDryCustomsEchoesImitationMistakenPalestineDistinguishedMiscellaneousFablesSuperstitiousEgyptianPersianUnreliableChroniclesBad TasteJewish National Author:Max Nordau
“I'm an anxious person. What I like best is to smoke cigarettes and listen to music. A perfect day for me is a day with coffee, cigarettes, and music, to quote Jim Jarmusch.” PersonsPerfectCoffeeSmokeAnxiousCigaretteListening To MusicPerfect Days Author:Claire Denis
“I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future.” UnitedEuropeCommittedRomania Author:Victor Ponta
“My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.” GovernmentIndependenceJudiciary Author:Victor Ponta
“The most successful filmmakers are not always the most knowledgeable ones. They are the ones who put action to what they learnt. They do, not talk about doing.” ActionSuccessfulFilmmakerKnowledgeable Author:Elliot Grove
“Treat your career as a business. Invest your earnings into good tools that can enhance your business. Film businesses are the same as non-film businesses. Ploughing part of your earnings back into your filmmaking business would grow career exponentially.” FilmGrowsCareersToolsTreatsFilmmakingEarningPloughing Author:Elliot Grove
“Invest in learning and discovering new filmmaking techniques is the next keystone to success. Film is changing rapidly right now. The last big change was the introduction of sound. This time around it is movies on th internet and mobile telephones.” BigsLastsFilmNextSoundInternetRight NowTechniqueDiscoveringFilmmakingTelephonesMobileIntroductionKeystonesBig Changes Author:Elliot Grove
“Few photographers have ever considered the photography of wild animals, as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography, as an art form. The emphasis has generally been on capturing the drama of wild animals IN ACTION, on capturing that dramatic single moment, as opposed to simply animals in the state of being.” ArtStatesMomentsActionFormAnimalDramaPhotographyPhotographerGenreDramaticEmphasisWildlifeSingle MomWild Animal Author:Nick Brandt
“My images are unashamedly idyllic and romantic, a kind of enchanted Africa. They're my elegy to a world that is steadily, tragically vanishing.” WorldKindPhotographyRomanticEnchantedVanishingElegyIdyllic Author:Nick Brandt
“I want to get a real sense of intimate connection with each of the animals - with that particular lion or elephant in front of me. I believe that being that close to the animal makes a huge difference in the photographers ability to reveal its personality. You wouldn't take a portrait of a human being from a hundred feet away and expect to capture their spirit; you'd move in close.” WantBelieveHumansRealMovingSpiritI BelieveDifferencesHuman BeingsAbilityAnimalFeetFrontsParticularHugePersonalityHundredConnectionsPhotographerIntimateCaptureLionsPortraitsElephants Author:Nick Brandt