“I have to phrase this perfectly: I'm just not convinced that the attention we give to creating what we think of as a character isn't actually quite often the means by which an actor overcomes his own terror of standing there onstage and creating a mask to hide behind.” ThinkingGivingMeanCharacterActorsBehindsAttentionCreatingStandingOvercomingTerrorConvincedPhrasesMaskStanding There Author:Stephen Dillane
“People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and its insistence upon their holiness. But that delight-in, say, the final chapters of Job or the 104th Psalm-is far more useful to the cause of conservation than the undifferentiating abstractions of science... Reverence gives standing to creatures, and to our perception of them, just as the law gives standing to a citizen.” PeopleGivingJobsLawCausesAnimalModernCitizensCreaturesPerceptionStandingDestructionBlameFinalsIndividualityDelightVarietyHolinessReverenceChaptersConservationAbstractionInsistencePsalmsDestruction Of Nature Author:Wendell Berry
“To me, an economy that sees the life of a community or a place as expendable, and reckons its value only in terms of money, is not acceptable because it is not realistic. I am thinking as I believe we must think if we wish to discuss the best uses of people, places, and things, and if we wish to give affection some standing in our thoughts.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingBelieveUseValuesI BelieveWishTermCommunityEconomyStandingAffectionRealisticAcceptableConsumerismOur ThoughtsOverconsumptionExpendables Book:What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth Source: What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth
“Sometimes you have the feeling that some little imp is standing behind you and dictating to you, but he gives it to you slowly, drop by drop.” GivingLittlesSometimesFeelingsBehindsStandingPatienceBehind YouDictating Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer
“I spot a little stranger standing across the room, my brain takes a vacation just to give my heart more room.” GivingHeartLittlesRoomsBrainExpressionMy HeartStandingStrangerSpotsVacation Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Parking Reform Made Easy provides both a theoretical framework and practical methods for reforming parking requirements. By giving planners a sound basis for developing reforms, Richard Willson remedies the problem that many planners feel unqualified to challenge and change long-standing minimum parking requirements.” GivingFeelsLongMadeProblemEasySoundChallengesStandingBasesMethodPracticalsReformDevelopingRemedyMinimumRequirementsFrameworkTheoreticalParkingPlannersUnqualified Author:Donald Shoup