Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at; as railroads lead to Boston or New York. We are in g...
It's difficult because usually when they cast things, the main characters are Caucasian in absolutely almost every situation.
I do know that the key to anything good is feeling relaxed and free. That's the main thing that you can offer yourself as an actor.
Chasing the sensation. Whether it was drugs or sex or whatever. Those things had become my main focus in life.
One of the main things that's appealing about games is that you know a game can be won. It's an unusual game that's impossible to win.
My relationship with my readers is somewhat theatrical. One of the main things I try to do in my work is delight my readers.
In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event.
Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.
The main thing that I learned from editing is that most people, when they're making a film, they start too early into the story. They will try to set up the characters, they will try to establish things before the plot actually starts.
My mom was my main influence growing up, and Phylicia Rashad reminded me a lot of my mother, just the way she handled certain things, she was... not soft-spoken but smooth-spoken. Just very calm, cool, collected about things.
My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.
I'm not really frightened by experimenting - that's the main thing. I really like mixing very old beautiful pieces that are from thrift shops or that have some historical value with quite new futuristic things.
We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down our economic productivity, off they go. We have a place for them, the psychiatric institution. That's the main thing, they slow thin...
I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to maneuver. But the main thing about having money is it means you don't have to worry about it. And that for me is a lovely thing. It's not for fast cars and hooke...
It's not about how skinny you are or how much money or how many diamonds you have - that's the fluff that people sometimes look at as being the main thing. It's about understanding that the things that make you fabulous are all inside of you.
Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things.
You have to be aware of your own shortcomings. The main thing I try not to do is lose my temper. Doing live interviews on television, you learn not to say the first thing that comes into your head.
Don't leave the main road for a shortcut.
My main focus is on my game.
Some of the things that beat the shit out of you . . . can beat the bullshit out of you too.
Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.
