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		Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these tiny little details into a cohesive thing.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tom Hanks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vernon Law 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				J. August Richards 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you write something, at first you might feel very defensive and protective of every single thing, but after a while, you just see what works and what doesn't. Sometimes you do test screenings, and an audience tells you that, or sometimes you eventually just go, 'Let's cut the joke out.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Edgar Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				E. M. Forster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Francesca Annis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most often, qualifications are defined by the credentials of the person who last held the job. If that is to continue to be the litmus test, white males will continue to be the top choice on any list, if the interviewer is also a white male. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Madeleine M. Kunin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you feel like you've got a concussion, if you don't know, if you take the test whatever, if you feel like you've got a concussion, the biggest thing is rest, man. Cause you usually compound your injury so much if you go back out there, and we all know that now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Calvin Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Idries Shah 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Irwin Edman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The true test of courage is to be afraid and to go ahead and do it anyway - to be scared, is to have your knees knocking, but to walk on in there anyway. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Oprah Winfrey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, sit down with myself and explain that things were going to be okay, that everybody loses ground sometimes and it doesn’t mean anything. It’s the way life works. This is hard to understand in the moment. You get to thinking about the girl who rejected you, the job you got fired from, the test you failed, and you lose sight of the big picture — the fact that life has a beautiful way of remaking itself every few weeks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Donald Miller