In 'Gravity,' nearly everything is a metaphor for the main character. The way I tend to approach a film is that character and background are equally important; one informs the other. Here, Sandra Bullock is caught between Earth and the void of the universe, just floating there in between. We use the debris as a metaphor for adversity.
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CRAIG CLEVENGER The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The battle is not physical, it is spiritual and your mind is the battleground. Keep your mind pure a... JEANETTE CORON Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI Your mind is a Microcosm of strength and power. There’s all the magic you need in it. When all els... CHINONYE J. CHIDOLUE You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... In the beginning there was nothing, and then god created "me". BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA What will make you a star is in you SOTONYE ANGA Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA A great future starts with what you can see SOTONYE ANGA We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements. LAURA DOCKRILL Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS The things i know now, i never knew then. 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STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY In a way, the road between Huaraz and the lodge is a metaphor for Peruvian politics. It used to be i... MARK BARROWCLIFFE Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living. ADI ALSAID That day I realized that at least for the time being, I was becoming Christian’s somebody. A... MELYSSA WINCHESTER She has never been in the presence, before, of two people who are in love with each other. She feels... MARGARET ATWOOD This is your fault. I'm going to kill you. And all the cake is gone. You don't even care, do yo... J.K. SIMMONS Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. MILNE We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet. Even longer,' Pooh answered.” ... A.A. MILNE A new day is here! yesterday is gone! tomorrow is preparing to come! but why is today here? ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Affect the main character or characters and you win the game. DEYTH BANGER Dedication is the preparation to success! 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PAULO COELHO How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. In all of my books, I've emphasized that the fundamental difference between civilized and indige... DERRICK JENSEN Chess is a game with simple rules and pieces, a small sixty-four-space board, but there are more pos... AUSTIN GROSSMAN He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik... TOBA BETA She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest. SARAH J. MAAS I had a best friend once 20 years down the line a friendship that you just do not get now, i regarde... GARY F EVANS... There's no question that how Johannesburg operates is what made me interested in the idea of wea... NEILL BLOMKAMP Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS The mark of a real man, is a man who can allow himself to fall deeply in love with a woman. But the ... C. JOYBELL C. When you live in the present, the past is forgotten & the future takes care of itself. MANDY HALE I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It takes just a few thoughts of the people to know who they are actually, but only to a person who i... ANUJ SOMANY The power to become the character you desire to be in life is by learning how to condition your thin... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) There is an old-fashioned distinction between the novel of character and the novel of incident, whic... HENRY JAMES It depressed me to think that I might have been looking at another person but seeing only myself. CATHERINE LACEY I'm building a career as big as humanly possible so I can be in a 'Star Wars' project. M... RAHUL KOHLI I wish I was home", She said miserably. She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL From the Kindle Book Reflections in the Mirror of Life: “In a slum somewhere in India As... THE PROPHET OF LIFE May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition t... JOHN WILLIAMS I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY A SMALL PIECE OF TRUTH I do not carry a sickle or scythe. I only wear a hooded black robe ... MARKUS ZUSAK It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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