“All of us collect fortunes when we are children. A fortune of colors, of lights, and darkness, of movement, of tensions. Some of us have the fantastic chance to go back to his fortune when grown up.” ChildrenLightChanceFamilyDarknessMovementColorFortuneFantasticTensionLight And Darkness Author:Ingmar Bergman
“I start a book and I want to make it perfect, want it to turn every color, want it to be the world. Ten pages in, I've already blown it, limited it, made it less, marred it. That's very discouraging. I hate the book at that point. After a while I arrive at an accommodation: Well, it's not the ideal, it's not the perfect object I wanted to make, but maybeif I go ahead and finish it anywayI can get it right next time. Maybe I can have another chance.” IfsWorldWantWellsMadeI CanBookWantedHateTurnsNextChancePerfectObjectsColorTenPagesIdealsI HateMade ItNext TimeDiscouragingAnother ChanceAccommodations Author:Joan Didion
“Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.” ThinkingWellsLongSometimesBigsChanceToo MuchOne ThingColorPaintingPaintWideLandscapeBroadsCanvasPencils Author:Joni Eareckson Tada
“Unlike the book, with a documentary, you get a chance to show much more texture and color. Film gives you get a chance to focus on much more individuals who are pivotal in changing the landscape of American culture.” GivingBookShowsFilmCultureIndividualChanceFocusColorLandscapeDocumentariesAmerican CultureTexturePivotal Author:Steve Stoute
“I don't care what color your hair is, if you're pale or tan, if you have makeup on or just woke up all I care about is that when I look at you, you always look back and see me. You're beautiful inside and out and if you wanted to tattoo all that pretty white skin from head to toe I would be honored to put it there for you but if not I'll take you all smooth and milky white any chance I get.” IfsLooksWould BeCareWantedBeautifulChanceWhiteColorHairSkinsDon't CareI Don't CareMakeupPaleI CareSmoothTattooToesHonoredYou Re BeautifulBeautiful InsideWhite SkinBeautiful Inside And Author:Jay Crownover
“I often say of my background: "That and a Metrocard will get me downtown." Honestly, I think the upshot of my training in acting and writing is that I've been trained to be adventurous. There are so many moments in conservatory where I was encouraged to push the envelope and color outside the lines. I think that sense of bravery flavors what I do. It allows me to take chances that I might not otherwise take.” ThinkingWritingMomentsMightLinesChanceActingColorTrainingBraveryHonestlyBackgroundsFlavorTake A ChanceAdventurousEnvelopesDowntownConservatory Author:Steven C. Harper
“Dealing with politically-engaged writers of color like Abdellatif Laâbi and Rashid Boudjedra - who ran away from school aged sixteen to fight against the French in the Algerian war - first requires convincing an editor to take a chance on them, which very few like to do these days.” FirstsWarSchoolFightingChanceColorThese DaysRanEngagedEditorsConvincingTake A ChanceSixteen Author:Andre Naffis-Sahely
“Printing and transporting paper is very expensive, and e-books eliminate the expensive four-color printing, the higher quality paper, the ocean shipping, the customs clearance, the inventory, answering the telephone, writing up the orders, picking, packing and shipping and managing all of these functions. So we eliminate a huge number of costs and the chance that those books won't sell.” WritingBookOrderChanceNumbersQualityFourColorHugeHigherCostPaperOceanFunctionSellsExpensiveCustomsTelephonesPrintingPackingInventoryShippingHuge NumbersClearance Author:Dan Poynter