W. G. Sebald Quotes
No one can explain exactly what happens within us when the doors behind which our childhood terrors lurk are flung open.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.
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The first 'Monsters, Inc.' represents starting at Pixar for me, I have a special place in my heart for it. So to be able to tell a story with those ideas is an honor.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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I look at it this way: the WNBA is 13 years young. I think eventually women will get to that point, maybe in my daughter's generation, where their salaries will be similar to men's. But we're still starting off, like, where the NBA was back in the 1950s.
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In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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Any idealism is a proper subject for art.
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I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me.
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Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.
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People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
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True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.
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I like to write a lot of satire.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
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The bottom line is that there is a lot more that could and should be done to help people with nutrition and exercise.
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Hungary does not need a single migrant for the economy to work or the population to sustain itself or for the country to have a future.
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Most believers struggle to really believe in the supernatural as a meaningful, deterministic reality except during moments when they are drawn to it, perhaps during a worship service or while reading a novel like 'Adam.' Being drawn to this truth is the first step to living a life in accordance to this truth.
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I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by some recent trauma or event. People are incredibly complicated. Who knows why they are the way they are?
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I was born and brought up in the countryside. I used to live in a sort of converted stables on the grounds of a castle, and I spent a lot of my childhood running around with a pretend sword pretending to be Robert the Bruce.
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What was the rock my gliding childhood struck, / And what bright unreal path has led me here?
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Working with Mario Testino was a joy. He's very young spirited, and it's always lovely and a pleasure to spend time talking to him about all different things.
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For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.
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No one can explain exactly what happens within us when the doors behind which our childhood terrors lurk are flung open.
