#mo

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains. ↗

— Diane Ackerman

#beside #childhood #conjure #fleeting #lake

The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4. ↗

— Jack Adams

#islands #japanese #may #solomon

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

My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#anything #else #family #important #more

One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships between the main characters and their reactions to the situations they would face; there was a lot of comedy in that show without ever breaking its reality. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#between #breaking #characters #comedy #ever

Ratings have changed, viewer habits have changed and the options for the audience have grown enormously, but I don't think how you tell a story is fundamentally different. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#changed #different #enormously #fundamentally #grown

When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made - at least had a glimpse when I went on the Universal Studios tour with my grandfather, I remember feeling like this was another means by which I could do magic. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#could #even #feeling #glimpse #got

Morality is a private and costly luxury. ↗

— Henry Adams

#luxury #morality #private

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#distinction #hand #having #men #most

The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting. ↗

— Victoria Abril

#director #face #following #hands #happened