“I wanted my first film to be something where I was surrounded by an amazing cast. I wanted to do something that was completely unexpected, totally out of the box, something that would blow people's minds, that the last thing on the planet earth they would ever think I would do would be it.” PeopleThinkingMindFirstsWould BeWantedEarthLastsFilmPlanetsCastsBlowBoxesUnexpectedPlanet Earth Author:Alicia Keys
“Getting ahead in a difficult profession - singing, acting, writing, whatever requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsAbleDesireBeliefFeltDifficultActingAchieveCoupleSingingTestsEncouragementBlowProfessionScreensEndlessRejectionRomeUnfairSlidesFaith In YourselfStaggeringAvidReversal Author:Sophia Loren
“I am like a child who blows up a bubble of soap. At first the bubble is very small, but it is already spherical. Then the child blows the bubble up very softly, until he is afraid that it will burst.” FirstsChildrenBlowBubblesSoap Author:Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
“There is something in human history like retribution; and it is a rule of historical retribution that its instrument be forged not by the offended, but by the offender himself. The first blow dealt to the French monarchy proceeded from the nobility, not from the peasants. The Indian revolt does not commence with the ryots, tortured, dishonoured and stripped naked by the British, but with the sepoys, clad, fed and petted, fatted and pampered by them.” FirstsHumansDoeInstrumentsHistoricalBlowBritishNakedIndianFedsOffendedNobilityHuman HistoryMonarchyPeasantsRevoltRetributionForgedOffendersPampered Book:India, National Liberation and Class Struggles: A Collection of Classical Marxist Writings Source: India, National Liberation and Class Struggles: A Collection of Classical Marxist Writings
“Today's a great time to be any creative type of person, I think, and in just about every aspect of creativity, this generation is going to blow away every generation ever. Because we're the first ones with the Internet. I can get together with some friends, shoot a movie, cut it on my laptop at home, and then put it online. We don't have to listen to anyone.” ThinkingFirstsPersonsI CanHomeTodayTogetherCreativityCreativeCuttingGenerationsTypeInternetAspectBlowOnlineGreat TimesGet TogetherThis GenerationLaptops Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt