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In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive portrayal of his career over a period of many months and several countries on the definitive film version of Patton's WWII career. ↗

— Edward Albert

#career #countries #definitive #enough #film

Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture. ↗

— Steve Albini

#before #blindfolded #enlightening #know #more

I've always said I have one skill. That skill - if I have it at all - is storytelling. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#i #said #skill #storytelling

For better or for worse, I've watched people die in front of me. I see how they are in the end. And they're not cynical. In the end, they wanna hold somebody's hand. And that's real to me. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#cynical #die #end #front #hand

In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record. ↗

— Steve Albini

#bands #big #black #chicago #demo

The woman I am currently crazy about was a vegetarian for a year until I started dating her. As is the case with most vegetarians, she had never eaten properly prepared meat, only commercially packaged or otherwise abused flesh. ↗

— Steve Albini

#am #case #commercially #crazy #currently

I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#believe #best #biggest #focus #held

Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#arduous #form #friendship #leisure #taxing

My own father didn't talk a lot about feelings or emotions. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#emotions #father #feelings #lot #my own

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#community #creating #devote #get #gives