Brian J. Smith Quotes
As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.
Brian J. Smith
Quotes to Explore
-
Films are not the sole area in my life. Films are a passion. But it's not like I'll die if I don't get another movie. I'll grow, I'll flourish, I'll learn something new, but I'll always do something that I like. If I get the right film, I'll do it. I will not compromise for anything else.
Kajol
-
All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
Felice Picano
-
I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
Katee Sackhoff
-
People will put restrictions on your ability, on your aptitude, on your talent, on your character, and to be honest, it's just opinion. Don't let anyone put you in a box or draw your path for you.
Victoria Pendleton
-
R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
R. Kelly
-
Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
Ban Ki-moon
-
I always try to be cautiously optimistic.
David Walton
-
I went from everyone saying, 'She-can't-act-she-can't-act-she-can't-act,' to an Oscar nomination. So there was something quite sublime about that!
Keira Knightley
-
When you have a young man, I mean, questioning the power in place for love of his country, not to say 'stop' but to say 'be careful about the abuse of technology,' I think it deserves to be promoted.
Jean-Michel Jarre
-
We all have our own narrative of what human trafficking is supposed to be, but if you do a little research, human trafficking happens, in many different forms and shapes, right in our backyard.
Du Yun
-
Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
George Eliot
-
As storytellers, we tend to want to force-feed everything and have everybody understand everything right away, and we freak out if they don't.
Brian J. Smith