#met

Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was off making something blow up and filming it, or making a mould of my sister's head using alginating plaster. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#blow #chosen #filming #head #i

When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly can become supernatural. The hypothetical and the theoretical can become literal. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#both #combines #hypothetical #literal #real

Whenever I've directed something, there's this feeling of demand and focus that I like. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#directed #feeling #focus #i #like

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#determine #help #how #key #metaphors

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#ankle #around #find #neck #people

I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#because #called #days #desire #federation

Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in. ↗

— Gary Ackerman

#great pride #held #higher #higher standard #jewish

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#because #different #different ways #expected #i

I pack every minute I can with something to do. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#i #i can #minute #pack #something

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. ↗

— George Allen, Sr.

#achieve #because #determined #know #mediocre