#ten

I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#hoax #i #life #my life #never

When the script was written, it was sent to me with asterisks marking where he felt a song would be appropriate. Before the film was shot, the score was written. I made a demo of it, so they lived with the music as they were making the film. ↗

— Alan Price

#asterisks #before #demo #felt #film

I can never read this book, just like I can never see a movie that I wrote a screenplay for. I can read it and see it physically, but I can't accurately judge it. I'm too close to it. If I read it ten times I'll have ten different reactions. ↗

— Richard Price

#book #close #different #i #i can

I'd love to be a saxophonist. I don't know why, but I pretend I'm the saxophonist when I listen to music. I have about as much chance playing the sax as I do learning how to fly. ↗

— Richard Price

#chance #fly #how #i #i do

[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth." "No, they do not. They are afraid, that is all. And they must remain on earth until they come to the way of leaving it." "And how do they leave? How is the ascent made? Must one learn virtue?" Here she laughs. "You have read too much, and learned too little. Virtue is a road, not a destination. Man cannot be virtuous. Understanding is the goal. When that is achieved, the soul can take wing. ↗

— Iain Pears

#enlightenment #fear #mankind #philosophy #soul

I think there's a lot of reasons for having an extended primary. I think super PACs play a role. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#having #i #i think #lot #play

The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#critics #find #greater #had #nothing

The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#aware #existence #greatest #greatest writers #mystery

What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#both #contempt #i #known #lessen

Listen with grace, with no judgment, without imposing the law. ↗

— Joseph Prince

#imposing #judgment #law #listen #without