#nat

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie. It's not the same form of expression as a talkie. The lack of sounds makes you participate in the storytelling. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#became #device #directing #expression #fascinated

It's just incredible. When you're French, coming from a non-English language country, you don't even dream about Oscar recognition or nominations. It's just beyond the dream. It's something very, very special and unique. It's the highest recognition any filmmaker could dream of. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#any #beyond #coming #could #country

When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies. In some of the silent movies - the good ones, the ones done by the best directors - the acting is very, very natural. ↗

— Michel Hazanavicius

#best #codes #directors #done #good

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#believe #devil #haunts #heaviest #imagination

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#accomplish #gentle #good-natured #kind #look

To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#along #be happy #be true #carry #happy

Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for anything else. ↗

— William Hazlitt

#cannot #contempt #else #heart #himself

Not only did I get to play with these great international musicians, but I also had the opportunity to jam with the local celebrities in Toronto, people like the Walsh Brothers, David Wilcox, Kim Mitchell and the like. It was a great learning experience. ↗

— Jeff Healey

#brothers #celebrities #david #did #experience

A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#examination #great #imagined #immense #knowledge

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#destiny #fulfilling #her #ideal #maid