quotes about Life Is So Short

“We need the best education system in the United States. The best system, not the most expensive.”

“A friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.”

“I have no idea what my persona would be. As far as I'm concerned, I'm changing all the time.”

“It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn't know I could do it but I knew I couldn't not do it. I quit everything in my life and this was the one thing I couldn't quit.”

“Did you play? It sounded very good.”

“My mind is in so many different places while we're shooting. Part of it is watching the performance, part of it is watching the camera, and part of it is thinking about the stuff that we have to get that day. It's always a pleasure watching, but you also take it for granted, when you're on the actual grind, making the show.”

Source : "Director Cary Fukunaga Talks TRUE DETECTIVE, Making an 8-Hour Film, Future Seasons, BEASTS OF NO NATION, Modernizing Horror with IT, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 11, 2014.

“The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.”

“I think a lot of time, I'm just writing my worst fears.”

“It's amazing the things you realize when you lose someone: you get mad at yourself for not saying the things you could've a million times, you take for granted the days spent doing nothing when you could have been with them. Anyone can be taken, at any time in our lives, but we always wait until they're gone to say the things we never had the courage to before.”

“I think we all realize that anyone can - and has - gotten AIDS. So there's obviously still a lot to be done.”