“One of the questions on which clarity of thinking is now most necessary is that of the relation between the methods of science and of Marxist philosophy. Although much has already been written on the subject, yet there is still an enormous amount of confusion and contradictory statement.” ThinkingStillsPhilosophyWrittenSubjectsAmountRelationMethodEnormousStatementsConfusionClarityContradictoryMarxist Author:John Desmond Bernal
“No amount of virtuosic skill and choice of subject matter can be a substitute for depth and poetry.” MatterChoicesSubjectsAmountSkillsExcellenceDepthSubstitutesSubject Matter Author:Scott Kahn
“[On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingLittlesI CanDifferentLightAbleBitsFocusSubjectsPositionAmountDadLittle BitPicksShiningCharityMy DadCreditCardsHeatCashCredit CardSpotlightDifferent DirectionsDeflecting Author:George Clooney
“But the fact is that when wine is taken in moderation, it gives rise to a large amount of breath, whose character is balanced, and whose luminosity is strong and brilliant. Hence wine disposes greatly to gladness, and the person is subject to quite trivial exciting agents. The breath now takes up the impression of agents belonging to the present time more easily than it does those which relate to the future; it responds to agents conducive to delight rather than those conducive to a sense of beauty.” GivingPersonsDoeCharacterFactsStrongTakenSubjectsAmountExcitingBreathsWineDelightBrilliantImpressionAgentsRelateBelongingBalancedModerationGladnessPresent Time Book:The Canon of Medicine of Avicenna Source: The Canon of Medicine of Avicenna
“I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project. The project that influenced me the most is this cooking show I do online. I film it all myself, and I think making so many of those gave me the confidence that all I need is a camera, and I could go and do an interview. The freedom to be a filmmaker - you just need a camera.” ThinkingNeedsLongShowsFilmPassionEnergyCrazySubjectsAmountProjectsCamerasCookingFilmmakerInterviewsOnlineLove MakingCooking Shows Author:Tamra Davis
“Sometimes I have experienced at the start of a film you're very excited and enthusiastic and you've done all your preparation internally and externally and you start the film and it's all go... Then your attention goes somewhere else. Your energy goes into telling the story, so you don't have the same amount of energy to be objective, and that's okay because sometimes you become a subject of the story and you're inside it so much that you don't need to keep on looking on the outside.” NeedsSometimesDoneStoriesFilmEnergyAttentionSubjectsAmountOkayExcitedObjectivesPreparationEnthusiasticSomewhere Else Author:Colin Farrell
“I have always attempted to create images that deliver the maximum amount of information about the subject.” SubjectsInformationAmountMaximum Author:Chuck Close