#magnify

The only line that's wrong in Shakespeare is 'holding a mirror up to nature.' You hold a magnifying glass up to nature. As an actor you just enlarge it enough so that your audience can identify with the situation. If it were a mirror, we would have no art. ↗

— Montgomery Clift

#art #audience #enlarge #enough #glass

You have to enable and empower people to make decisions independent of you. As I've learned, each person on a team is an extension of your leadership; if they feel empowered by you they will magnify your power to lead. ↗

— Tom Ridge

#each #empower #empowered #enable #extension

A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better. ↗

— Fred Allen

#better #even #good #magnify #press

I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in a law office. On the other hand I do enjoy watching the law and while the profession may have its problems, I have sold zillions of books out of magnifying them. ↗

— John Grisham

#books #enjoy #give #hand #honestly

The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. ↗

— Bill Gates

#any #applied #automation #business #efficiency

Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#any #connect #fame #hatred #hollow

We try to magnify the difference between Americans and the English. In real life they like the same music and dress the same. It's really much more similar than anyone thinks or how we show it. ↗

— Amanda Bynes

#between #difference #dress #english #how

Overconfidence blurs out the risk. Inferiority magnifies it. ↗

— Toba Beta

#inferiority #life #magnify #overconfidence #risk

What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#character #curb #kick #kind #line