“I think parenting is one of the most important jobs, because you can hit two or three generations with the values in your house and the traditions you establish. But I don't think I'm very good at it, and I don't know anybody who thinks they're very good at it. Probably almost everyone gets an A in grandparenting, but in parenting, if you get a B- you're doing pretty good.” ThinkingImportantValuesHouseTraditionVery GoodGrandparent Author:Van Jones
“I think the most important thing is discovering an idea that moves you, and then letting people who are moved by that idea find each other, and work together. A lot of times people focus on the technical side-"oh, I've got to take a class on non-profit development." Too few people allow themselves to think outside the box with regard to their issue areas.” PeopleThinkingImportantTogetherMovingFocusMovedWorking TogetherOutside The Box Author:Van Jones
“I think that for those of us who come from oppressed backgrounds and who do our work in marginalized communities, recovering our innocence is one of the most important acts of self-liberation and de-colonization. Not letting the requirement that we adapt to impossible circumstances and unconscionable crimes leave us shackled to the kind of cynicism and armor such that we can't breathe and laugh and magnetize to ourselves all the genius and love and support that we need to transform the situation. That's probably the biggest challenge, is to recover our innocence.” ThinkingKindImportantCommunityChallengesSituationSupportLaughingImpossibleCrimeGeniusCircumstancesBreatheInnocenceCynicismOppressed Author:Van Jones
“The reality is if you take any three people and look at their cellphones or blackberries and facebook pages, you can get to almost everywhere in the country, because we're networked together in a way that is incredibly powerful.” PeopleCountryRealityTogetherPowerful Author:Van Jones
“It's a tremendous challenge now: to make sure the green economy is big enough that there is enough labor demand that people who've been thrown out of work can be re-employed AND people who are new to the workforce can be employed. And that is going to be very difficult.” PeopleEnoughDifficultChallengesEconomyLabor Author:Van Jones
“I definitely prefer real-life endings. But I do like having an ending. I hate when a movie just sort of ends and is so open-ended you feel like it wasn't finished. I appreciate leaving things up to the interpretation of the audience and letting them make decisions about where things will go in the future - but the director has to make a decision; otherwise it is sort of a cop-out.” HateDecisionAudienceAppreciateI HateLeaving Author:Zach Gilford
“I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style. I have worked on big movies and small movies and network TV. I have had amazing experiences in each environment, and awful ones - more good than bad, though.” ThinkingDifferentFilmIndividualEnvironmentStyleBig Movie Author:Zach Gilford
“The best directing style is the one that lets me do whatever I want. Seriously though, I like to be challenged and I like to collaborate. I love finding the medium between what I think and what a director does. I hate when a director uses the "my way or the highway" approach. But it also sucks when they tell you everything you do is great and offer no input. It's a fine line a director has to walk. It is a hard job.” ThinkingHateStyleLet MeI HateMy Way Author:Zach Gilford
“When I work there are two distinct phases: the phase of pushing the work along, getting something to happen, where all the input comes from me, and phase two, where things start to combine in a way that wasn't expected or predicted by what I supplied. Once phase two begins everything is okay, because then the work starts to dictate its own terms. It starts to get an identity which demands certain future moves. But during the first phase you often find that you come to a full stop.” MovingTermIdentityOkay Author:Brian Eno
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” InspirationalLanguageKingsAfrican AmericanRebellionRiotUnheardGood KingsPeaceful ProtestRiotingRace Riots Book:MLK on Source: MLK on
