#of

So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his own that he can say, 'oh yeah - that's a great point.' And you never know; often you can help far more than you think you can, because there's so much more that he's juggling than an actor. ↗

— Christian Bale

#actor #because #confident #director #everything

When it comes to films, people often don't differentiate between the message of a bad central character and the message of the film itself. They are two separate things. ↗

— Christian Bale

#between #central #character #comes #differentiate

Now come,” he said. “Does your Alex love you back, or is he a hopeless idiot?” “He loves me,” she said quietly. “But I’m afraid he’ll stop after we marry. He’ll change his mind. He’ll—” “He’ll love you more. Trust me.” “Really?” She was far too somber. “Really.” He had no words to make her smile, and so Gareth tweaked her nose. And she giggled. It had been a long time since he’d laughed. But despite all those years, he still remembered how. What he’d forgotten was the lightness of his soul when he did so. The moment was perfect. ↗

— Courtney Milan

#gareth #laura #proof-by-seduction #change

You don't go to Gettysburg with a shovel, you don't take belt buckles off the Arizona. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#belt #gettysburg #go #off #shovel

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft. ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#anyone #break #break up #i #i think

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#bad #exaggerate #happiness #happy #misfortune

What we've gone through in the last several years has caused some people to question 'Can we trust Microsoft?' ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#caused #gone #last #microsoft #people

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#often #power #revealed #striking #true

My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging. ↗

— Hank Aaron

#always #badly #feeling #field #having

The demand for electricity to have a strong, growing economy is too great to be simply offset by more conservation. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#demand #economy #electricity #great #growing