#dire

As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#arts #becomes #collective #direction #increasingly

To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives. ↗

— Debra Messing

#extreme #fascinating #happened #life #lives

Being a doctor has taught me a lot about directing. You're doing the same thing: You're reconstructing the manifold of behavior to the point where an audience says, yes, that's exactly like people I know. ↗

— Jonathan Miller

#audience #behavior #being #directing #doctor

I should mention that I am a member of the board of directors of Dimensional Fund Advisors. ↗

— Merton Miller

#board #dimensional #directors #fund #i

What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

#bounded #directly #limited #live #men

I have hardly detained the reader long enough on the subject, to give him a just impression of the stress laid on confession. It is one of the great points to which our attention was constantly directed. ↗

— Maria Monk

#confession #constantly #detained #directed #enough

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#brought #directors #me #out #sometimes

If acting doesn't work out I'd love to produce, direct, or write. ↗

— Chloe Moretz

#direct #i #love #out #produce

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#honest #lazy #lot #to be honest #very

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you. ↗