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“Sometimes people come in as a director, and they just want the result, and they barely want that to tell you the truth. Sometimes directors barely talk to the actors; they are so focused on the cinematic elements of the movie, getting the shot and getting the lighting right or getting the CGI effects right and all of that, and they just trust that you are just going to do what you do.”

People Want Sometimes Actors Results Effects Directors Elements Shots Focused Lighting Cinematic Cgi

Author:Viola Davis

“There's an element of paradox there - that at least you know where you stand with the fundamentalists. I mean, they're absolutely clear in their error and their stupidity, and so you can really go after them.”

Knows Mean Clear Elements Errors Stupidity Paradox Where You Stand

Author:Richard Dawkins

“[Economic restrictions] is one of the elements that is destabilising the world economic order that was at one time created largely by the United States itself at the dawn of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that was later transformed into the World Trade Organisation.”

World States Order United United States Economic Elements Trade Dawn Agreement One Time Transformed Restriction Organisation World Trade Tariffs Economic Order

Author:Vladimir Putin

“There's a stronger and more kind of controversial element of Plotinus' view of matter, which is that he actually identifies it with evil, or at least the principle of evil, and the reason for this is that he thinks that the the One, the highest principle, can also be thought of as the Good, and that's kind of surprising like, because he has this negative theology which doesn't allow us to say anything about the One. But he believes that it can be seen as the principle of goodness as well as unity, and that if you think about it, goodness and unity sort of go along with each other.”

Ifs Thinking Believe Wells Kind Matter Reason Evil Views Principles Goodness Elements Highest Negative Stronger Unity Theology Surprising Say Anything Controversial

Author:Peter Adamson

“If you think about even very common examples like, say, something that you would build, like a clock or a car or a group of people trying to accomplish something, it fails when its unity breaks down. So when it stops having a single form, which is functioning all together, then it sort of falls apart into discrete elements.”

People Ifs Thinking Trying Together Form Fall Common Break Failing Groups Car Example Elements Unity Accomplish Clock Breaking Down Falling Apart Discrete

Author:Peter Adamson

“There's an element of clowning and entertainment to Trump, that makes it surreal and hard to understand to what extent he is pretending to be a fascist or an authoritarian.”

Hard Trump Elements Entertainment Pretending Surreal Fascists Clowning

Author:Jonathan Chait

“This is the strange thing about existing in time. As [Philip] Larkin puts it, "truly, though our element is time, we are not used to the strange perspectives open at each moment of our lives" - something like that.”

Moments Used Our Lives Strange Perspective Elements Strange Things Philip

Author:Quentin S. Crisp

“I think [imagination] very austere element of Buddhism is also linked with a strong antinatalist strain in the philosophy. The Buddha was enlightened when he destroyed the house of body and soul into which he would otherwise have been forever reborn. This is clearly antinatalism.”

Thinking Has Beens Soul Philosophy Body House Strong Imagination Forever Buddhism Elements Destroyed Enlightened Linked Strain Reborn

Author:Quentin S. Crisp

“Go over to Greece with the Iliad and Odyssey. These have elements of history, and they have non-historical elements. It's very difficult to pull them apart. And I think there's not much reason to.”

Thinking Reason Difficult Elements Historical Greece Odyssey Iliad

Author:Elie Wiesel

“I try to look at the texts and say: Is there a way that I can find history in the texts and separate it from what may be the mythological elements, and I don't find any rules for that.”

Way Trying Looks May I Can Elements

Author:Frank Moore Cross

“When I open my mouth and sing, the truth comes out. When I write, the truth comes out. I can't lie. That, I think, is one of the strongest elements of my music. When people talk about my writing as though I'm doing it from an accountant's perspective, it really pisses me off.”

People Thinking Writing I Can Lying Perspective Elements Mouths Strongest Accountants Truth Comes Out

Author:George Michael

“George was the easy part. As for Michael, I had always liked the name, and my father's brother is named Michael. I thought it was a good idea because there are a lot of Greeks in England with the second name of Michael; as a child I had a Greek friend whose second name was Michael. It was like getting the name that I wanted without having to get rid of the Greek element.”

Children Ideas Wanted Father Names Easy Brother Elements England Greek Good Ideas

Author:George Michael

“One of the worst elements of Obama's career, which no one talks about, is that he voted twice for a bill that said, if there is a botched abortion, if the child emerges from the womb alive, it should be okay to kill the baby. We have elected a president - twice! - who agrees with infanticide.”

Ifs Should Children Said President Careers Alive Worst Baby Elements Okay Agree Bills Abortion Womb Infanticide

Author:Nat Hentoff

“The formula for a successful film is simple: good script, good direction, a dedicated cast and a fantastic crew. If you have all of these elements then the rest will fall into place.”

Ifs Film Fall Simple Successful Elements Scripts Casts Fantastic Formulas Dedicated Crew Fall Into Place

Author:Hrithik Roshan

“I think what will happen with Donald Trump is there are going to be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them and corrects them.”

Thinking Wells Happens Certain Trump Elements Temperament

Author:Barack Obama

“Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail: The Tale of the Three Gates is a look at humankind's relationship to the elements which surround them. Oftentimes, these elements encroach on them in a way that is not normal.”

Way Looks Three Holy Elements Normal Tales Gates Surround Humankind Holy Grail

Author:Evan Jacobs

“You can include essay elements in fiction; this is a very nineteenth century practice.”

Fiction Practice Century Elements Essays Nineteenth Century

Author:Susan Sontag

“Some innate capacity - some part of the human genetic endowment - enters into language acquisition. That much is uncontroversial among those who believe that humans are part of the natural world. If it were not true, would be a miracle that my granddaughter reflexively identified some elements of the blooming buzzing confusion as language-related and went on to acquire capacities of the kind that you and I are now exercising, while her pet kitten (chimp, songbird, bee...), presented with exactly the same data, could not take the first step, let alone the later ones.”

“It's commonly assumed that the emergence of language was a key element of the great leap. We of course know very little about the sociopolitical conditions that existed at the time, but there's no scenario I can think of that suggests how a sudden change in these conditions could have led to the emergence of language.”

Thinking Knows Littles I Can Courses Language Conditions Keys Elements Leap Scenarios Emergence Sudden Change

Author:Noam Chomsky

“My father combined many of the elements that were feared in the culture, but also he was a warm figure, a figure we needed. We depended on him to give us a little bit of strength and courage.”

Giving Littles Culture Father Bits Figures Needed Elements Little Bit Warm

Author:John Edgar Wideman

“Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.”

Elements Simplicity Breeding Good Breeding

Book:Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters, Forming a Sequel to Record of a Girlhood, and Records of Later Life

Source: Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters, Forming a Sequel to Record of a Girlhood, and Records of Later Life

“Sunni are the majority of the [Syria], 60 to 65 percent. They've been ruled by [Bashar] Assad, who represents a minority Alawite element, which is about 12, 13 percent. And because of the choices Assad made, it's very difficult to see how you resolve this without buy-in from the Sunni world.”

World Made Choices Difficult Elements Percent Majority Made It Minorities Resolve Syria Assad

Author:John F. Kerry

“I think all good narration contains an element of mystery and suspense. If it didn't, if the storyline were predictable, we would have no interest in reading it.”

Ifs Thinking Reading Interest Mystery Elements Suspense Predictable Storyline Narration

Author:James Lee Burke

“Procurement policies of all of the major parastatals, it is a very important element of that processes that will continue.”

Important Process Policy Elements Majors Procurement

Author:Thabo Mbeki

“If you look at government policy generally, what government tries to do in all instances is to make sure that we take care of all elements that might relate to a particular issue.”

Ifs Trying Looks Government Might Care Issues Policy Particular Elements Take Care Instance Relate Government Policy

Author:Thabo Mbeki

“Troops must be fed with ammunition and so on but also with information, with images, with visual intelligence. Without these elements troops cannot perform their duties properly. This is what is meant by the logistics of perception.”

Information Duty Elements Perception Visuals Feds Troops Ammunition Logistics

Author:Paul Virilio

“With some reservation, it can be said that certain democratic elements are present in Georgia as well; but it is very clear that the government has to pronounce its explicit wish to resign before something is going to happen. On the western front, only Belarus is an exception.”

Wells Said Government Happens Certain Wish Clear Fronts Elements Democratic Western Exception Georgia Explicit Reservations Belarus

Author:Garry Kasparov

“I tried to come up with a definition of this new paradigm in six articles entitled "Russia after Putin." I would consider Russia's integration into Europe the most important element of this strategy.”

Important Elements Six Europe Strategy Definitions Come Up Russia Articles Entitled Integration Putin Paradigm

Author:Garry Kasparov

“All people in the world - who are not hermits or mutes - speak words. They speak different languages, but they speak words. They say, "How are you" or "I'm not feeling well" all over the world. These common words - these common elements that we have between us - the writer has to take some verbs and nouns and pronouns and adjectives and adverbs and arrange them in a way that sound fresh.”

People World Way Wells Different Feelings Speak Language Sound Common Elements Verbs Adjectives Nouns Hermits Different Languages Pronouns Adverbs Not Feeling Well Adjectives And Adverbs

Author:Maya Angelou

“Initially it was a fascination for Tolkienesque Fantasy, and role-playing games, with time I realized that it was the mythological elements that fascinated me the most, so I moved more and more in that direction.”

Games Roles Fantasy Elements Moved I Realized Fascinated Fascination Playing Games Role Playing

Author:Varg Vikernes

“I fall in love with characters when they're out of their element or are uncomfortable and you really feel for them in a knee-jerk sympathetic way.”

Way Feels Character Fall Elements Falling In Love Knees Uncomfortable Sympathetic Jerk I Fall In Love

Author:Anna Kendrick

“In effect, I grew up in a sort of timewarp, a place where times are scrambled up. There are elements of my childhood that look to me now, in memory more like the 1940s or the 1950s than the 1960s. Jack [Womack] says that that made us science fiction writers, because we grew up experiencing a kind of time travel.”

Looks Kind Made Memories Fiction Childhood Effects Grew Elements Grew Up Science Fiction Time Travel 1960s Fiction Writers

Author:William Gibson

“In my experience, professionals who are best in any field approach their work with humility. They know that their work is more than just a job. It's an exploration of life. Even on days when they feel most confident, things can go wrong. Sometimes even the good things that happen are a mystery - a surprise. There are always elements outside our control. That's humbling - or should be.”

Knows Feels Should Sometimes Happens Jobs Mystery Fields Humility Elements Approach Good Things Surprise Exploration Humbling

Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson

“Important element is deeply understanding our curriculum. Most teachers know what they're going to cover this week or this term. Few of us can specify precisely what students should know, understand, and be able to do as a result of any particular learning experience or set of learning experiences. Without that specificity, alignment between content, assessment, and instruction is weak.”

Knows Should Important Able Understanding Term Results Teacher Week Students Particular Elements Weak Instruction Alignment Assessment Curriculum Learning Experience Specificity

Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson

“Until a teacher learns to use elements like time, space, materials, groupings, and so forth flexibly, it's incredibly difficult to teach students as they need to be taught.”

Needs Use Difficult Space Teach Teacher Students Taught Materials Elements

Author:Carol Ann Tomlinson

“The influence of Sun Tzu on other North Vietnamese military strategists is harder to answer. Certainly many of the key leaders in Hanoi were aware of Sun Tzu and made use of his ideas - Vo Nguyen Giap applied many of these ideas in seeking out weak elements in the enemy's defenses, as did Truong Chinh, whose famous treatise, The Resistance Will Win (1947), cited the ideas of Mao Zedong as a model for the North Vietnamese to follow.”

Made Ideas Use Winning Answers Leader Enemy Sun Influence Military Keys Elements Models Weak Harder Seeking Defense Resistance Strategist Vietnamese Mao Hanoi

Author:William J. Duiker

“Approaching subject matter to photograph is like meeting a person and beginning a conversation. How does one know ahead of time where that will lead, what the subject matter will be, how intimate it will become, how long the potential relationship will last? Certainly, a sense of curiosity and a willingness to be patient to allow the subject matter to reveal itself are important elements in this process.”

Knows Persons Long Doe Important Matter Lasts Process Subjects Conversation Elements Meetings Patient Curiosity Photograph Intimate Willingness Be Patient Subject Matter Ahead Of Time

Author:Michael Kenna

“[Fifty Shades Darker director] James Foley directed Fear. And that's what I love about this film, because it has a real sexy thriller element about it.”

Real Film Directors Elements Sexy Fifty Shade Thrillers Fifty Shades

Author:Bella Heathcote

“Joe [Wright] reached out to me and sent me a treatment, and I said yes on the spot just from the treatment. Within six weeks, I was in Cape Town and there was a script [of Black Mirror episode 'Nosedive'], but I didn't realize until I received the full script that Rashida [Jones] and Michael [Schur] had worked on it. It's a particularly funny episode. Joe and I always looked at it as a satire; it has a lot of comedic elements to it.”

Said Black Realizing Week Elements Six Towns Mirrors Scripts Spots Treatment Satire Episodes Comedic Capes Cape Town

Author:Bryce Dallas Howard

“[Harriet Tubman] spoke passionately about her parents, her friends, shared stories about her childhood - learning about all these elements and aspects of her was mind-blowing and educational for me as a woman because I have to sometimes remind people that have known me for years, even in past relationships, that I'm still a woman, I still have vulnerabilities even though my aesthetic feels strong, powerful and full of all of the wisdom in the world, I'm still growing and becoming.”

“I was thinking about the legacy of ghosts in fiction, and specifically the moral power of those Dickensian ghosts. Because a ghost can be a very powerful but also manipulative element.”

Thinking Powerful Fiction Moral Elements Ghost Legacy Very Powerful Manipulative

Author:George Saunders

“The British inclined more towards the feudal mentality, the feudal structures rather than the more radical progressive elements who would re-shape society and institute pretty egalitarian systems of governance with opportunity for even disadvantaged people and so I found that decolonisation was not just the end of political struggle in Nigeria.”

People Ends Political Found Opportunity Struggle Shapes Elements Structure British Radical Progressive Mentality Governance Institute Nigeria Disadvantaged Political Struggle

Author:Wole Soyinka

“Stamina. There is a greater physical element to this job than you would think, just being able to grind it out. And I think your ability to not just mentally and emotionally, but physically be able to say, "We got this. We're going to be OK."”

Thinking Able Jobs Ability Greater Elements Just Being Grind Stamina

Author:Barack Obama

“The parts in which I elaborated on the sexual life of the doctor herself, the personal life, her relation with men [in Memoirs of a Woman Doctor]. All this. They left only some very, very minute parts. And also the political, the political element in it. So in a way, they cut pieces that to my mind were very important.”

Men Way Mind Important Political Left Pieces Cutting Minutes Elements Doctors Relation Memoir Personal Life

Author:Nawal El Saadawi

“It is not my fault that certain so-called bohemian elements have found in my writings something to hang their peculiar beatnik theories on.”

Writing Certain Found Theory Elements Faults Peculiar Bohemian Beatnik Bohemia

Author:Jack Kerouac

“We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another. We make things together. We have shared production platforms. Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won't be easily dismantled.”

Needs States Together Process Realizing United Situation United States Economic Trump Elements Crosses Trade Productions Administration Borders Just One Mexico Platforms It Is What It Is

Author:Alan Bersin

“It is the Muslim community that has the best chance of stopping and checking and pushing back on people who are trying to politicize their own faith. So this attack on Islam is an attack on a great faith. It undermines the people who are trying to rescue this faith from these horrible people. It endangers every human being on earth because it accelerates the radicalization of some and emboldens the worst elements of that faith. So this fight is a fight I think that we have to take on.”

People Thinking Trying Humans Earth Fighting Community Chance Human Beings Worst Elements Islam Horrible Pushing Rescue Stopping Accelerate Great Faith Muslim Community Pushing Back

Author:Van Jones

“I enjoy Chicago as one of the great American cities. When I come here and take a taxi from the airport, I meet a young man from Somalia. I meet a young man from Eritrea who engages with this nation with a sense of hope and a sense of desire. But we also we know that there are other elements of this nation that are toxic.”

Knows Men Young Desire Nations Enjoy Cities Elements Young Man Chicago Toxic Airports Taxi Great American American Cities Somalia Eritrea

Author:Kehinde Wiley

“The element of obsession is terribly important for an artist.”

Important Artist Elements Obsession

Author:Michael Ventura

“Creativity is an innate function in a human being, as we see in tribal peoples, who spent their considerable leisure time making religious artifacts and sacred art. That is what I would call a direct culture, in that everybody in it is directly in touch with all the elements, both of the culture and of the environment.”

Humans Art Culture Religious Human Beings Creativity Environment Elements Direct Function Sacred Leisure Innate Artifacts Leisure Time Sacred Art

Author:Michael Ventura

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