#nin

Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people. ↗

— Malcolm McDowell

#brain #entertaining #entertaining people #get #heart

I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure, you learned, as I did in art school, to be a wonderful thing. It allowed you to get up in the morning and take the pillow off your head. ↗

— Malcolm Mclaren

#any #anything #art #art school #be prepared

To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation. ↗

— George H. Mead

#appreciation #art #attitude #become #enjoyed

As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment. ↗

— Myriam Miedzian

#definition #itself #judging #judgment #long

I once threw a water balloon on a girl because I caught her cheating on me. She was kissing my friend and I thought, 'Oh, this can't be happening.' It was bad and I was much older than you think throwing a water balloon. I was 14. ↗

— Breckin Meyer

#balloon #because #caught #cheating #friend

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. ↗

— Paul J. Meyer

#always #commitment #effort #excellence #focused

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight. ↗

— J.D. Salinger

#confusion #grief #happiness #running

This is something I love to do. I've never had any other job. I love singing and entertaining. ↗

— Stephanie Mills

#entertaining #had #i #i love #job

Metallic trees. That's new. If you see any steel dryads, be sure to tell me so I can run away screaming. -Puck ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#running

Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#running