“I hardly know so melancholy a reflection as that parents are necessarily the sole directors of the management of children, whether they have or have not judgment, penetration or taste to perform the task.” KnowsChildrenParentTasteDirectorsJudgmentReflectionTasksManagementMelancholySolePenetration Author:Sir Fulke Greville
“I think directing yourself is a monumental task. Just to self edit as an actor, you work for some directors who don't give you a lot of feedback so you have to do that. That's a difficult thing to do as an actor.” ThinkingGivingSelfActorsDifficultDirectorsTasksThings To DoFeedbackDifficult ThingsEdits Author:Ashton Kutcher
“To televisionize any serious problem, the program directors face the task of making the message 'go down smooth' until the audience is delivered to the commercial.” ProblemFacesAudienceSeriousDirectorsMessagesProgramTasksSmooth Author:Arlie Russell Hochschild
“Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I have ever had. And I am eternally grateful.” GivingHardMastersFineDirectorsTasksGratefulCoal Author:Joan Crawford
“One thing is certain: the humility of faith, if it is followed by the proper consequences-by the acceptance of the work and sacrifice demanded by our providential task-will do far more to launch us into the full current of historical reality than the pompous rationalizations of politicians who think they are somehow the directors and manipulators of history.” IfsThinkingRealityCertainOne ThingSacrificeAcceptanceHumilityPoliticianDirectorsConsequenceTasksHistoricalCurrentsPompousManipulator Author:Thomas Merton