#con

I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation. ↗

— Patrice Leconte

#films #i #improvisation #like #lot

I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn't ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#ask #back #bored #contract #could

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#being #civility #contain #depends #individuals

Try hard to find out what you're good at and what your passions are, and where the two converge, and build your life around that. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#build #converge #find #good #hard

We are all very individual. You have to find out what you can do best, and be self-conscious about that. ↗

— Joshua Lederberg

#best #find #individual #out #self-conscious

I'm only confrontational with my friends. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#friends #i #only

Anyone that has a job that takes them away from home, I think, can understand the difficulties in maintaining consistency, not only with your family and those you love but with your friends. ↗

— Heath Ledger

#away #consistency #difficulties #family #friends

There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm concerned. ↗

— Heath Ledger

#concerned #far #i #like #mates

Film study was considered disgraceful by my father. ↗

— Ang Lee

#disgraceful #father #film #study

At the same time, new concepts and abstractions flow into the picture, taking up the task of describing the universe without reference to such time or space - abstractions for which our language lacks adequate terms. ↗

— Benjamin Whorf

#concepts #describing #flow #into #lacks