“Some people have accused my tragedy of being too sad, as though one desired a merry tragedy. People clamor for Enjoyment as though Enjoyment consisted in being foolish. I find enjoyment in the powerful and terrible struggles of life; and the capability of experiencing something, of learning something, gives me pleasure.” PeopleGivingPleasurePowerfulStruggleTerribleGive MeTragedyFoolishEnjoymentCapabilityAccusedMerryLife StruggleClamorExperiencing Something Author:August Strindberg
“Film gives me live actors, editing, music, sound, a huge and powerful toolbox to play with. If there is a problem for me, it is that film gives me too much. There is less room for the audience to add their side of the conversation.” IfsGivingPlayProblemFilmActorsSoundSidesRoomsPowerfulAudienceToo MuchHugeConversationGive MeAddEditingToolbox Author:Dave McKean
“I'll tell you what gives me hope. After the struggle for marriage equality, the LGBTQ community has built some very powerful organizations; in particular, I'm thinking of HRC (the Human Rights Campaign), GLAAD... but there are many, many others, too. Along with those organizations come some savvy and tested leaders who have come to understand not only how to change hearts and minds but also legislators and judges votes.” ThinkingGivingMindHumansHeartCommunityPowerfulLeaderStruggleRightsParticularJudgingBuiltVoteOrganizationGive MeHuman RightsCampaignsTestedHeart And MindVery PowerfulLegislatorsSavvyMarriage Equality Author:Steven Petrow
“What gives me hope is art - it's the most powerful weapons ever created. It's a weapon of mass construction.” GivingArtPowerfulWeaponsMassGive MeMost PowerfulConstructionPowerful Weapons Author:Louie Psihoyos
“Give me a museum and I'll fill it.” GivingPowerfulEgoHumorousGive MeWittyMuseums Author:Pablo Picasso
“I was never really certain why he scared the bejesus out of me. Nothing scared me growing up. I’ve been playing with dead people since the day I was born, so it’s good thing, yet the Big Bad scared me. Which brings me to the reason I called.” “Which was to give me nightmares for the rest of my life?” “Oh, no, that’s just a plus. Why was I so scared of him?” “Hon, for one thing he was this powerful, massive, black smokelike being.” “So, you’re saying I’m a racist?” PeopleGivingReasonBigsCertainBlackBornPowerfulGrowing UpGrowingOne ThingGive MeGood ThingsScaredNightmareRacistMassivePlusDead People Author:Darynda Jones
“You've come to give me a piece of your mind. You know that phrase is really beautiful. The mind is the most powerful thing in the body. Whatever the mind believes, the body can achieve. So to give someone a piece of it... well thank you. Funny how people are always intent on giving it to the people they dislike when it really should be for the ones they love.” PeopleKnowsGivingShouldMindBelieveWellsBodyBeautifulPowerfulPiecesAchieveGive MePhrasesMost PowerfulDislikeReally Beautiful Book:If You Could See Me Now Source: If You Could See Me Now
“And you know what? If there is a God, and it's that same God who's so eager to have temples built in honor of his greatness, and wars fought over him, and people dropping to their knees telling him what a wonderful, magnificent being he is? If this all-powerful, all-knowing creature for some reason just can't get by without my worship? Then let him give me some proof. Or at least get over himself if I decide to go out and get some.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingWarReasonPowerfulKnowingWonderfulGreatnessHonorCreaturesWorshipBuiltGive MeProofKneesTemplesWhat IfMagnificentGet OverDroppingIf There Is A God Book:The Book of Blood and Shadow Source: The Book of Blood and Shadow