quotes about Tough Life

“The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they've been given. I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Even in the most wretched life, there’s hope.”

Source : Michelle Moran (2009). “Cleopatra's Daughter: A Novel”, p.192, Broadway Books

“When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“The black moment is the moment when the real message of transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment comes the light.”

“in most important ways, leaders of the future will need the traits and capabilities of leaders throughout history: an eye for change and a steadying hand to provide both vision and reassurance that change can be mastered, a voice that articulates the will of the group and shapes it to constructive ends, and an ability to inspire by force of personality while making others feel empowered to increase and use their own abilities.”

“Homage to Michael Snow's environmental sculpture 'Blind.' The film proposes analogies, in imitation of 3 historic montage styles, for three perceptual modes mimed by that work.”

“One thing on psychology, which we've always known, is that every investor says they're long-term - and they are until the market takes a hit.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“My school is the world, and my teacher is the people. It is very important not to stay cloistered in the office if you want to create. We have to go out in society to understand how people live and dress in their real lives.”

“The whole Valentine's thing is fine, but you don't back it up right next to the biggest gift-giving holiday of the year. Unbelievable. And we find it acceptable.”

“Moral virtue is a mean . . . between two vices, one of excess and the other of defect; . . . it is such a mean because it aims at hitting the middle point in feelings and in actions. This is why it is a hard task to be good, for it is hard to find the middle point in anything.”