“I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.” WellsWrittenHappenedEffectsMaterialsTragicWell Written Author:Samantha Morton
“The most important thing is to write material that YOU think is funny. If you don't think it's funny, but you're convinced that other people will think it is, well they won't.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingWellsImportantMaterialsImportant ThingsConvinced Author:Mo Rocca
“Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might have material to study and help you create the character.” ThinkingWellsCharacterHelpingMightCoursesStudyMaterialsHelpful Author:Gaspard Ulliel
“I've always had a bazillion songs in my archive, but I want to play people stuff they know. Now that I have two albums' worth of material, that gives me freedom to compose a set that's more well-balanced and build a show rather than just a recital of some songs.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingWellsTwoPlayShowsSongStuffMaterialsGive MeAlbumsBalancedArchivesRecitals Author:Kate Voegele
“By validating and aggregating the best material from a wide range of independent and mainstream content owners, Babelgum aims to encourage common interest communities that are not well served by traditional television.” WellsInterestCommunityCommonTelevisionMaterialsAimIndependentWideTraditionalRangeOwnersMainstreamCommon Interests Author:Silvio Scaglia
“If the item of stolen property had been anything other than a book, it would have been confiscated. But a book is different - it is not just a material possession but the pathway to an enlightened mind, and thence to a well-ordered society.” IfsMindWellsHas BeensBookDifferentMaterialsPropertyPossessionEnlightenedStolenItemsPathwaysMaterial Possessions Book:The Diamond Age Source: The Diamond Age
“Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.” PeopleWellsIdeasMillionsModernFiguresDesignMaterialsProductsDependsHigherStandardsContraryWell BeingStationsFewerLocationMundaneSupermarketsStandards Of LivingGasolineHigher StandardsIncorporation Author:Thomas Sowell
“The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be overestimated; as all high intellectual work is carried on by them, and on such work material progress of all kinds mainly depends, not to mention other and higher advantages.” MenWellsKindImportantBodyProgressSocietyMaterialsDependsHigherDegreesIntellectualAdvantageLaborBreadAll KindsDaily Bread Book:The Descent of Man Source: The Descent of Man
“What seems real to the mind can be as important as any material fact. We live by the spirit and the imagination as well as by our senses. Cartoon animation can give fantasy the same reality as those things we can touch and see and hear.” GivingMindWellsImportantRealFactsRealitySeemsSpiritImaginationFantasyMaterialsSensesLive ByCartoonAnimation Author:Walt Disney
“If you burn yourself out in two years of intense selfless giving, what good is that if you could have given 20 years? Set yourself up well. Get the things you want - God exists in the material and in the spiritual.” IfsWantGivingYearsWellsTwoSpiritualGivenMaterialsYogaKarmaIntenseTwo YearsSelflessGod ExistsKarma YogaSelfless Giving Author:Frederick Lenz
“I've been essentially not only deconstructing and reconstructing the material to make it suitable for the performance, but I've gone back and found some older material that's appropriate for the show and I've re-recorded that as well in kind of a newer format. So I've been pretty much focused on my own thing.” WellsKindShowsFoundMy OwnGoneMaterialsPerformancesFocusedAppropriateSuitableFormatReconstructing Author:Todd Rundgren