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He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.

That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

Philosophers console themselves with explanations.

Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.

Everyone thinks my story should be marked by heroism, but there was no risk to myself. You see, no-one in Prague at that time thought they were going to be at war with England.

The mountain affords perspective.

If you look in the animal world, many, many organisms will enter into states of suspended animation.

Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days.

The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience.

I've got so many mountains to climb and goals to conquer. I've got so many scars I want to leave on the planet. I just feel like I'm not there yet. I feel like I am just getting started.

Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more children under 5 years old every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.

My dad being a salesman taught me you can sell anybody anything if you've got the ability to believe.

In 'Gravity,' nearly everything is a metaphor for the main character. The way I tend to approach a film is that character and background are equally important; one informs the other. Here, Sandra Bullock is caught between Earth and the void of the universe, just floating there in between. We use the debris as a metaphor for adversity.

I'm really in the business of unifying these two tendencies that have been at odds in our human history for a very long time: the logical and the romantic.

There's not many firsts in my career, as I have been a part of many tournaments and fortunate enough to win many.

We do not start as dust. We do not end as dust. We make more than dust. That's all we ask of you. Make more than dust.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

It's like getting into film - I didn't say early on, 'I'm going to become a filmmaker,' 'I'm going to show my work at MoMA.' When you start to think those things, you're in trouble.

Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever.