#though

David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing. ↗

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

#articulate #collaborator #david #director #easy

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others. ↗

— Charles William Eliot

#cannot #choking #commandment #develop #development

I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American. ↗

— Robert Englund

#american #because #english #even #first

If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set? ↗

— Warren Ellis

#believe #brain #inside #made #originate

Autonomy was shopped to us. We looked at the price and thought it was absurdly high. ↗

— Larry Ellison

#autonomy #high #looked #price #thought

In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act. ↗

— Jacques Ellul

#been #circumstances #live #men #men and women

Part of the reason that I moved to Los Angeles is that even though my mom introduced me to all kinds of music, I really wanted to work on having my own identify, on being who I am and doing what I do, and seeing how people responded. ↗

— Schuyler Fisk

#angeles #being #doing #even #having

I never thought I'd get a chance to sing with Wilson Pickett but we did. ↗

— Eddie Floyd

#did #get #i #never #pickett

My first two years in the CFL, all I thought of was getting back to the NFL - it was like 'I'll put my time in up here and go back.' Then I went and signed a nice contract in Calgary and was like, 'Hey, I can make a living up here, this is great football, and I'm having a blast.' ↗

— Doug Flutie

#blast #contract #first #football #getting

Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#any #capable #demonstrative #durable #feeling