#direct

He who thinks and thinks for himself, will always have a claim to thanks; it is no matter whether it be right or wrong, so as it be explicit. If it is right, it will serve as a guide to direct; if wrong, as a beacon to warn. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

#beacon #claim #direct #explicit #guide

If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature. ↗

— Wendell Berry

#back #concerns #directly #eat #fairly

We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends. ↗

— Mary McLeod Bethune

#change #direct #ends #good #ideas

I worked for a lot of directors. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#i #lot #worked

The writing is really hard. You're alone. It really pulls it out of you. You pull it out of your head. But when you're a director, you're shopping - you're picking this actor, you're picking this scene. It's like the most intense kinetic high-speed shopping of all time. You sit in a chair and it will all come rushing at you like a wind tunnel. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#alone #chair #come #director #hard

The 9/11 Commission strongly recommends that the National Intelligence Director be fully in control of the budget, from developing it to implementing it, to ensuring that the National Intelligence Director has the clout to make decisions. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

#clout #commission #control #decisions #developing

A lot of film directors are quite scared of actors. They are a bit of a nightmare sometimes, but I like them. It looks like cunning, but you try to get extra things from them all the time, by stealth, by making them feel confident, so they trust you and you can push a bit. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#confident #cunning #directors #extra #feel

You don't realize it, but often people are frightened of the director. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#frightened #often #people #realize #you

If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally. ↗

— Adam Brody

#failed #i #movie #personally #point

I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials. ↗

— Alton Brown

#commercials #directing #eats #good #good eats