#hen

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#height #how #low #measure #mountain

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party. ↗

— Dag Hammarskjold

#dying #even #favor #function #grant

It was very hard to get any records, so the only source for us to really hear what was happening was listening to the Voice of America. We would be taping all the broadcast and then sharing the tapes and talking about it. ↗

— Jan Hammer

#america #any #broadcast #get #happening

It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but how much worse is it to pilfer and steal from them, whenever you think you shall not be found out. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

#found #goods #how #masters #much

Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and whenever you can get time, study the Bible, and if you can get no other time, spare some of your time from sleep, and learn what the mind and will of God is. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

#bible #get #god #i #learn

Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony. ↗

— William Christopher Handy

#bird #built #call #consciousness #could

Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#awards #because #conditions #directors #film

'Funny Games' was conceived as a provocation. My other films are different. If people feel my other films are, or respond to them as provocation, then that's quite different. 'Funny Games' is the only one of mine where my intention was to provoke the audience. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#conceived #different #feel #films #funny

I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#business #craft #directing #else #i

It's impossible to consider living without ideals. However, when ideas lead to ideology, that's a very dangerous thing. Ideology then leads to creating the image of an enemy, and it leads to the murder and massacre that we've seen since the beginning of time. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#consider #creating #dangerous #dangerous thing #enemy