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John Boyd Orr Quotes

When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: scottish
Birth: September 23, 1880 - June 25, 1971

Topics

Change Society Enough Social Fabric

The best thing we've learned is when you are attempting to write a full song, write a full song that day. When we first started, we would have great ideas, but there's something about a moment and a vibe that's being created in time that when you return to it, it sometimes works, and it sometimes doesn't.

Great Time Moment Best Day Ideas

Even on the drum level, it's all about stating your theme, going back to certain things that need to be emphasized, not doing fills for the sake of doing fills.

Doing Back Need Drum Theme Going

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.

Soul Tools Accomplish Monkey Will

Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging.

Business People Choices End Lose Go

I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.

Family Support Parents Mom Stand

In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness.

People Wind Small Scent Uncommon

I felt like it was inevitable that I was going to fail in life and die young. So I was frantically scrambling to document my stunts and pack my message into a bottle. I thought maybe I could be discovered after I'd died, like Van Gogh.

Life Thought Die Inevitable Young

In most cases, I think most executive producers and studio executives really do their best to accommodate you. At least, that's been my experience in most cases.

Best Experience Think You Been Most

I surprise myself that I'm not dead in the gutter somewhere, surprised that I haven't given up.

Myself Surprise Dead Up Somewhere

Money can't buy you happiness, but it helps you look for it in a lot more places.

Happiness Money You Look Places Buy

Stiletto, I look at it more as an attitude as opposed to a high-heeled shoe.

Attitude Look Shoe More Opposed

On a film you can really get away with learning the scene the night before and that's often just not possible with TV, so you have to be a little bit more prepared a little bit more in advance.

Learning Night You Possible More

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