#second

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. ↗

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

#event #fraction #me #photography #recognition

Commissions suit me. They set limits. Jean Marais dared me to write play in which he would not speak in the first act, would weep for joy in the second and in the last would fall backward down a flight of stairs. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#backward #commissions #dared #down #fall

But no work from a first rate mind is ever really second rate. ↗

— Gerald Finzi

#first #mind #rate #really #second

There is no room in the world, as you say, for second rate work. ↗

— Gerald Finzi

#room #say #second #work #world

The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house. ↗

— Barbara Corcoran

#could #expensive #hobby #house #man

Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment. ↗

— James Gould Cozzens

#any #anything #drain #other #outside

I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes! ↗

— Mackenzie Crook

#between #couple #dozing #fact #hours

I sentimenti sono anche il modo primo di conoscere un romanzo; e i romanzi sono il terreno di prova per conoscere il mondo, santuari dell'immaginazione dove affinare e mettere alla prova i nostri valori, le nostre scelte. I sentimenti sono lo strumento di lavoro dei romanzieri, i colori della loro tavolozza. ↗

— William Deresiewicz

#education

If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong script. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#i #i think #me #pants #scene

I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand on its own feet. ↗

— Jim Gilmore

#condition #executive #executive power #feet #getting