#mma

You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend. ↗

— Sue Wicks

#better #better person #friend #jump #just

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#commandments #cut #final #final cut #first

To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make disciples of all nations. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

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Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#dragon #george #giant #grammar #harry

The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views? ↗

— E. O. Wilson

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Groups are grammatical fictions; only individuals exist, and each individual is different. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

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I think filmmakers want their movies to be seen. ↗

— Alex Winter

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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

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Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture. ↗

— Ed Wood

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