All the traditional models for doing things are collapsing; from music to publishing to film, and it's a wide open door for people who are creative to do what they need to do without having institutions block their art.
Ava DuVernay
Related You don't tell an astronaut what to do. ATMOSPHERE Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN In my study, there are stacks of papers to grade, books I should have read & reviewed months ago... JESS ROW If you're confused about what to do, it's a sign that your enemy is winning. TOBA BETA The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL “My to do list is so long, my grandchildren will have to finish it.” ROSS ELDER The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr... C.S. LEWIS You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR People are doing what they can these days and looking for creative ways to sell music. GREG LASWELL In a day and age where it seems like women want to be with unstable, psychotic, manipulative freaks;... C. JOYBELL C. Ava DuVernay is my personal Phil Jackson. She's a perfect coach. OMAR DORSEY People want the here and now, rather than the there and after; as most are living in the where and w... ANTHONY LICCIONE Stand for something. Make your life mean something. Start where you are with what you have. You are ... GERMANY KENT Daisy stared worriedly into his shadowed face. “What if you change your mind about me? What if you... LISA KLEYPAS You cannot control what other people do, only how you react to it. JEFFREY FRY I guess rock stars are role models for the kids who listen to that music. My role models have all be... GREG GRAFFIN What happens with artists, or people who start off doing things for the right reasons, is that you s... LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live. JOYCE RACHELLE [Cats] are blissfully unaware that they have only a finite time in which to finish their ‘to do’... JON EDGELL REVISITING THE LIST 1. Kiss Estelle Okay, at least I've met her. She thinks I'm a creep. A... FIONA WOOD I want to show the world that you do have some artists that are ready to go to the next level, and i... RAEKWON What one promise do you need to claim? Find it. Don't give up. Cling to it. CRAIG GROESCHEL The role of the
Christian is to let other people know what Jesus has done, not to
think of themselve... LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It
has no power to explain even some
of the most basic principl... LEWIS N. ROE It's important to understand that if
someone calls themselves a Christian, it does not automatically... LEWIS N. ROE Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do. RICHIE NORTON We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL The bird dares to break the shell, then the shell breaks open and the bird can fly openly. This is t... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them. JEFFREY FRY It is said that anyone who does commercial cinema is not acting, and anyone who does an art film is ... BIPASHA BASU To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but crea... ERIC BROWN Do what is right... do it with honesty and vigor. Be creative - that's important. Don't foll... JOHN GOKONGWEI Those who lift trophies of success are those who do what they do without stretching their necks to s... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the po... MACAULAY CULKIN A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD Sometimes, people who are very fastidious about what they're going to do in their work are not v... WHIT STILLMAN My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.' QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN We all think of doing something distinctive in life. We all do dream of becoming great and leaving d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I think there's a lot of similarity between what people try to do with religion with what they w... BRIAN ENO Volunteers are happy because they are doing what they want to do for the joy of doing it, without an... LORRIN L. LEE The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE Give someone a thought, and they will produce an act;
When they sow that act, they will reap a habit... PERRY ROTHENBAUM Negativity is like a wash of black rain after a nuclear explosion .To avert this from happening you ... GARY F EVANS... That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations. ADEPERO ODUYE The atheist might have
no proof for the
supernatural, but they
also have no proof
against it. If we ... LEWIS N. ROE It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsi... GEORGE GROSZ Democracy is about institutions: it's about having things like schools and judiciary and the For... ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER When you are not sure what to do, take action. You will quickly find out. JEFFREY FRY Whatever I do, I do for the universal. It's not like an individual thing; it's not like some... BURNING SPEAR YOU are YOU! Know YOU can! YOU must not be afraid because God has a prosperous future plan for YOU! ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Advertising works most effectively when it's in line with what people are already trying to do. ... MARK ZUCKERBERG People ask 'do you make a conscious effort not to swear?' - if you're doing silly stuff ... TIM VINE Having one's traditional role questioned is not a very comfortable experience, perhaps especiall... GLORIA STEINEM In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been wi... DOUGLAS ADAMS It's hard to legislate what people eat. People are getting fed up with being told what they can ... TOM DOUGLAS He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL There is survival behavior, and doctors need to learn from patients who do not die when they are sup... BERNIE SIEGEL I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do... KALI HAWK Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it SARA SHEPARD I've always been one for show business. I like performing, and I used to get criticized for havi... BARBARA MANDRELL There are people who are able to plan their career, their future, but I've never had any talent ... CHRISTOPHER WALKEN My plans are not to open a restaurant, but what I would like to do is open a kitchen somewhere in D.... CARLA HALL The climate-studies people who work with models always tend to overestimate their models. They come ... FREEMAN DYSON All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER Search and find out what you are meant to do in this life, when you find it, do it SOTONYE ANGA It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL But some things are more important than being happy. Like being free to think for yourself. JON KRAKAUER Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... I think to try to understand human behavior and why people do what they do, and what in their lives ... HALEY BENNETT I would like to use stories as a springboard for children to make their own creative responses. I wo... MALORIE BLACKMAN Do no look for that ideal person to be with, be that ideal person. JEFFREY FRY If you want to marry me, here's what you'll have to do: You must learn how to make a perfect ch... SHEL SILVERSTEIN Obviously, when you're doing fitness work at a club all week and every week, it's all about ... JAMIE VARDY Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI When people criticize me for not having any respect for existing structures and institutions, I prot... MYLES HORTON A lot of music doesn't do one thing or another. It just doesn't do anything. Then there are ... DAVID LYNCH There is nothing I ever need to have.
There is nothing I ever need to do.
I say NO to the demands of... JONATHAN LOCKWOOD HUIE It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move... NATHALIE SARRAUTE All the collaborators of storytelling, in film and television, have to be partly self-centered becau... RAY MCKINNON Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS
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