#master

One of the skills you have to master in theater is the ability to make the audience believe that things that aren't there are there - just like when you're acting against CGI. Also, in a theater, the people in the back row can't see the whites of your eyes. Or your lips moving as you deliver dialogue. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#acting #against #also #audience #back

Reason commands us far more imperiously than a master; for in disobeying the one we are unfortunate, and in disobeying the other we are fools. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#far #fools #master #more #other

Every man must decide for himself whether he shall master his world or be mastered by it. ↗

— James Cash Penney

#every #every man #himself #his #man

Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse. ↗

— Tom Peters

#change #course #enough #even #great

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#comes #composed #everything #founded #great

My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#after #days #directing #fantasy #i

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#collecting #intends #man #master #masters

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#dog #favor #himself #mastery #our

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#am #dear #english #gentleman #good

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#anything #concentrate #dabble #deciding #direct