“I was born in New York but as a baby moved to Venezuela and Argentina. I've also lived in Denmark, where my father's from. I've traveled a lot, and having that sort of background probably increased the chance that I was going to remain curious as an adult about people who are different.” PeopleDifferentFatherBornChanceNew YorkBabyAdultsMovedBackgroundsCuriousTraveledArgentinaVenezuelaDenmark Author:Viggo Mortensen
“For all the chatter that Britain has moved beyond class, recent studies have found that it determines the life chances of British people more today than at any point since the Second World War... A child born into a rich family in Britain will almost certainly live and die rich, while a child born into a poor family will almost certainly live and die poor.” PeopleWorldChildrenWarTodayDiesFoundBornChancePoorClassStudyRichMovedDetermineBritishWar Of The WorldsBritainSecond World WarChatterPoor FamilyRich Family Author:Johann Hari
“How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and accident, that such regular mutations and generations should be begotten by a fortuitous concourse of atoms.” IfsShouldChanceGenerationsMovedAccidentsAtomsMutationFortuitous Book:Select discourses Source: Select discourses
“So give yourself that chance to put together the 80, 90 pages of a draft and then read it very in a nice little ceremony, where you're comfortable, and you read it and make good notes on it, what you liked, what touched you, what moved you, what's a possible way, and then you go about on a rewrite.” WayGivingLittlesTogetherChanceNiceComfortablePagesMovedNotesTouchedCeremony Author:Francis Ford Coppola
“Well, I think in trying to make life seem real enough that one is moved to do something about the more atrocious things. By going really far afield into a completely fake world, maybe there's a chance to make things resonant somehow - or in this case, truly terrifying. To make it as bad as the real stuff that's happening.” ThinkingWorldTryingWellsRealEnoughSeemsStuffChanceCasesHappeningsMovedFakeReal StuffFake World Author:Jenny Holzer