#material

When people ask me what makes movies great, it's the material. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#great #makes #material #me #movies

Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#convinced #die #existence #explanations #friends

You have to edit the material. That assumes that some kind of a mind is operating in relation to the material. Not all minds are the same. Every aspect of filmmaking requires choice. The selection of the subject, the shooting, editing and length are all aspects of choice. ↗

— Frederick Wiseman

#aspects #assumes #choice #edit #editing

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#africa #appeal #countries #desperation #emergencies

I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it up and start new material. ↗

— Kate Clinton

#cd #collection #comedy #consider #doing

Your basic person wants to talk about material culture, internet culture. I think about God, cats, nature. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#basic #cats #culture #god #i

24 hour broadcasts have to stretch limited material to fit 24 hours worth of space. ↗

— Drew Curtis

#fit #hour #hours #limited #material

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material. ↗

— Swami Vivekananda

#immortality #man #material #nothing #reached

In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material. ↗

— Mike Figgis

#clear #could #discussing #i #impart

If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration. ↗

— John Dingell

#being #congress #disclose #does #facts