#happening

I would rather do a play because it's instantaneous. You go on the stage, and you know whether it's happening or not. Somebody asked me 'What is acting?' And I said, 'Acting is listening.' And if you ain't listening, nobody's listening. ↗

— Charles Durning

#asked #because #go #happening #i

Mental events, it is said, are not passive happenings but the acts of a subject. ↗

— Hermann Ebbinghaus

#events #happenings #mental #passive #said

Good things just keep happening. ↗

— Bob Edwards

#good things #happening #just #keep #things

That still has to be there. And so, it's kind of an interesting question you brought up. Because, on the one hand, yeah, it'd be lovely. I certainly don't see that happening. In fact, I see the opposite happening. ↗

— Danny Elfman

#brought #certainly #fact #hand #happening

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#film #happening #i #i do #listen

All four elements were happening in equal measure - the cuisine, the wine, the service, and the overall ambience. It taught me that dining could happen at a spiritual level. ↗

— Charlie Trotter

#could #cuisine #dining #elements #equal

Friends, I'm angry about what's happening in politics today! Why is it wrong to ask the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations to pay their fair share? ↗

— Richard Trumka

#angry #ask #corporations #fair #fair share

Thinking is the place where intelligent actions begin. We pause long enough to look more carefully at a situation, to see more of its character, to think about why it's happening, to notice how it's affecting us and others. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#actions #affecting #begin #carefully #character

I haven't seen it this busy since I've been an IndyCar driver. So I think that's a great kind of thing that's happening for the IndyCar Series, in general, right now. But it's an event that I'm very proud to be part of. I love it. I can't wait to come back next year. ↗

— Dan Wheldon

#been #busy #come #driver #event

It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening. ↗

— Fred Willard

#happening #like #movies #pleasure #really