Rudolf Arnheim Quotes
Order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.
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We can't go to courts in China, so we have to find alternate ways, like working with brands to try and create a level playing field by identifying the most obvious polluters.
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No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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You can over-think things. If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorising rather than being real.
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Cultures, along with the religions that shape and nurture them, are value systems, sets of traditions and habits clustered around one or several languages, producing meaning: for the self, for the here and now, for the community, for life.
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In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.
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During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
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Poland, of course, was the key country. I remember Stalin telling me that the plains of Poland were the invasion route of Europe to Russia and always had been, and therefore he had to control Poland.
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I got a divorce, and I felt like I finally started my career. I started making movies and projects that I just really believed in.
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Life without Liberty is far worse than death.
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If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.
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I live to eat – when someone else cooks for me.
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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
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It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
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Randal can write one-liners again. Everyone is happy, and peace spreads over the whole Earth.
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Why don't we bring everyone up to be caring and compassionate, to believe that we are connected with everyone and everything around us?
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Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream.
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If you were offered the opportunity to be TOTALLY happy tomorrow, would you take it? If yes, (and I suspect most of us would say yes) what are you doing TODAY to make tomorrow be a happier day than today?
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I'm all in favor of animal rights, but I'd like to see the food movement take a much stronger stand in defense of basic human rights. If you're a vegan or a vegetarian, you should care about the people who are picking your fruits and vegetables by hand.
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Order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order.
