The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords.
James J. Gibson
Recitation: by Male by Female
I was the kind of Jew who'd be in a bar, somebody would say it's Yom Kippur, and I'd go, 'Really?'
Jill Soloway
GoSayKindBarWouldSomebody
If you go to a bad movie, it's two hours. If you're in a bad movie, it's two years.
Jerry Seinfeld
YouBadGoTwoYearsHours
As poet laureate, I was asked to be a spokesman for literature.
Robert Hass
LiteraturePoetAskedPoet Laureate
I'm quite lazy.
Ang Lee
LazyQuite
In a peer network, no one is officially in charge. It doesn't have a command hierarchy. It doesn't have a boss. So, all the decisions are somehow made collectively. The control of the system is in the hands of everyone who is a part of it.
Steven Johnson
BossControlDecisionsHandsSystem
Since 2006, when the Second Lebanon War killed perhaps 2,000 Lebanese, many of them civilians, and led to the destruction of an entire section of Beirut, the northern border has been absolutely quiet.
Martin Van Creveld
WarBorderQuietDestructionBeen
I listened to this interview once with Jerry Seinfeld that really influenced my comedy and all of my writing, which is that when you're starting out in comedy, it's the audience that tells you what's funny about you. And you need to listen to that and make a note of that.
Mike Birbiglia
FunnyWritingComedyYouNeedOut
Maybe in the world of BoJack, physical attraction is sort of different, beauty standards are different from our world because, why not? It's just more fun to have a sexy chameleon or a blue-tongued skink or whatever. I don't know how subversive that is, but it's fun for me.
Lisa Hanawalt
BeautyFunMeWorldSexyKnow
When we believe the best of people, we let go of each thing they do that is hurtful to us. And we choose to think things like, 'I don't believe they meant to hurt me.' 'Maybe they're having a bad day or don't feel well.' 'They probably don't even realize how they sound.'
Joyce Meyer
BestDayPeopleMeBelieveThink
Even though I am in this weird position of being a semi-recognizable screenwriter, which isn't that common, at the same time, I'm not an actress. I'm pretty isolated.
Diablo Cody
TimeI AmWeirdSamePrettyCommon
The first thriller ever? It was probably one from 1697. It was called 'Little Red Riding Hood.'
Ashwin Sanghi
RedHoodRidingFirstLittleEver
I don't make films for other people; I make films for me.
Ridley Scott
PeopleMeMakeOtherFilms
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