#yin

I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me. ↗

— Rick James

#created #i #image #james #just

I'm trying to change the root of funk, trying to make it more progressive, more melodic and more lyrically structured. ↗

— Rick James

#funk #i #lyrically #make #melodic

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. ↗

— William James

#accomplished #accordingly #act #amazed #attitude

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system. ↗

— William James

#bad #believe #change #different #enough

The more worrying feature of the new global corporate structures is their capacity to devastate national labour markets by transferring their operations to cheaper locations overseas. ↗

— Fredric Jameson

#cheaper #corporate #devastate #feature #global

I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#filmmaker #grow #i #keep #person

I'm trying to fight typecasting as hard as I can, while I have time. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#hard #i #i can #time #trying

I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. ↗

— Derek Jarman

#am #death #dying #i #i am

I like to rehearse with the actors scenes that are not in the script and will not be in the film because what we're really doing is trying to establish their character, and good acting to me is about reacting. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#acting #because #character #doing #establish

I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one year and ended up staying there. ↗

— Jim Jarmusch

#columbia #ended #films #i #literature