“They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.'” MeanSaidAmericaFilmCuttingFinalsMakersHarveyArkansas Author:Mira Nair
“I never thought being the producer was being the dictator. It means being the director and being the coach. It's a way of keeping everybody focused on the goal, and also having final say. Everybody can be in the same car, but somebody has to drive.” WayMeanGoalCarDirectorsFinalsFocusedCoachesProducersDictator Author:Paul Stanley
“The time is coming when the pressure of population on the means of subsistence will be felt here as it is now felt in Europe and Asia. Then will the world enter upon a new stage of its history - the final competition of races, for which the Anglo-Saxon is being schooled.” WorldMeanFeltRaceStageEuropePressureCompetitionFinalsPopulationAsiaSchooledSubsistenceAnglo Saxon Book:The New Era: Or, The Coming Kingdom Source: The New Era: Or, The Coming Kingdom
“The assurance that we have no means of answering [final] questions is no valid excuse for callousness towards them. The more deeply should we feel, down to the roots of our being, their pressure and their sting. Whose hunger has ever been [sated] with the knowledge that he could not eat?” FeelsShouldMeanRootsPressureFinalsHungerExcuseAssuranceCallousnessSated Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“With my work I attempt to help man to overcome his alienation; I do this by surrounding his daily life with objects, which confront him in a tactile way with the final and deepest problems of our existence. I want the means that I employ to create the necessary stimulus to be as direct as possible. Instead of giving a sermon on humility, I often prefer to depict humility itself.” MenWayWantGivingMeanHelpingProblemExistenceObjectsHumilityDirectOvercomingFinalsDaily LifeSermonsAlienationStimulusTactile Author:Antoni Tapies
“To oscillate between drill exercises that strive to attain efficiency in outward doing without the use of intelligence, and an accumulation of knowledge that is supposed to be an ultimate end in itself, means that education accepts the present social conditions as final, and thereby takes upon itself the responsibility for perpetuating them. A reorganization of education so that learning takes place in connection with the intelligent carrying forward of purposeful activities is a slow work. It can be accomplished only piecemeal, a step at a time.” MeanEndsUseSocialResponsibilityAcceptingStepsConditionsExerciseActivityConnectionsUltimateIntelligentStriveFinalsSupposed To BeAccomplishedWorking ItEfficiencyAccumulationDrillsPerpetuatingSocial ConditionsReorganization Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education