Norman McLaren Quotes
By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.
Quotes to Explore
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Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me.
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The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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My happiest moments of growing up in the Bronx were when my mom would bring home a new sports magazine from the candy store. I would jump out of bed and grab it from her. Then I'd rip the front cover right off and tape it to my bedroom wall.
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I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
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The best migrant is the migrant who does not come.
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I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.
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My deceased grandmother on my mom's side was a real fairy godmother, who lived to be 102 and who I always feel is looking after me.
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When I was a kid, we always had big gardens, acres of stuff we grew out in the yard.
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You cannot contribute anything to the ideal condition of mind and heart known as Brotherhood, however much you preach, posture, or agree, unless you live it.
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If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.
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I like Everton. If I'm going to cheer for that kind of football team, I'm going to cheer for Everton. But the Seahawks are my passion.
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Your only real choices are to open fully and receive their gifts or crucify them and be relieved of their force...But you must be willing to feel your heart's terrors and wounds or else you will close and protect yourself, striking back at the source of openness you most yearn to become.
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It's hard to be responsible, adult and sensible all the time. How good it is to have a sister whose heart is as young as your own.
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It is almost as easy to be enervated by triumph as by defeat.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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By him just being alive is inspiration enough.
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By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.
