I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.
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You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.
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As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.
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No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.
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The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.
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The Hands Of A Teacher
Optimism,
Optimism perished from the face of my earth
And then you came along, came along and swept me away,
She kissed me, as we stood on the edge,
The night made the day as we made for the bridge
It started raining hard, and I saw we may live to regret
No I never really understood
No I never really understood why,
Because Ive never been given,
Never been given two tries,
No I never really understood,
Understood why...
Pessimism,
Pessimism perished from the face of my earth,
And then you came along, came along and swept me away,
Did you miss me? did you miss me as we walked
Through the pain, attached the chain so you could
See me again
I started asking myself, did I teach you right?
No I never really understood
No I never really understood why,
Because Ive never been given,
Never been given two tries,
No I never really understood,
Understood why...
Understood why...
You came to me, you broke the bonds,
You set me free
And then the love that you promised me
Came a tumblin tumblin tumblin down
Into my hands...
No I never really understood
No I never really understood why,
Because Ive never been given,
Never been given two tries,
No I never really understood,
Understood why...
So teacher teach me...
song performed by by Live
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You just go in and try to do the best job you can everyday.
quote by Nick Cassavetes
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Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.
quote by John Gunther
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I like to give my actors a lot of room.
quote by Nick Cassavetes
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I never deliberately set out to shock, but when people don't walk out of my plays I think there is something wrong.
quote by John Osborne
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Today... 'The Word
Word of love and the Word made flesh
Word incarnate forever blessed
Word of life and the Word of light
Word of power and Word of might.
Word that was spoken, Word of the Lord
Word of the Law and the Word of God
Word of peace and Word eternal
Word of truth and last Word of all.
Word of wisdom and the Word of healing
Word from heaven, a Word so appealing
Word fulfilling the Word of prophecy
Word of the Spirit and Word of destiny.
Word of exhortation and Word of grace
Word of encouragement and Word of faith
Word of promise and a Word of insight
Word from the beginning and Word of delight.
Word of knowledge and a Word of boldness
Word of peace and the Word of righteousness
Word of the covenant and Word of love
Word of the Father from heaven above.
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When your child is sick, you have tunnel vision.
quote by Nick Cassavetes
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The Word
Find the word, understand the word,
Depend on the word;
The word is heaven and space, the word the earth,
The word the universe.
The word is in our ears, the word is on our tongues,
The word the idol.
The word is the holy book, the word is harmony,
The word is music.
The word is magic, the word the Guru.
The word is the body, the word is the spirit, the word is being,
The word Not-being.
The word is man, the word is woman,
The Worshipped Great.
The word is the seen and unseen, the word is the existent
And the non-existent.
Know the word, says Kabir,
The word is All-powerful.
Waterboarding Is Wrong
deliberately torturing killing by degrees
deliberately drowning inducing death trauma
drowning resuscitating inflicting multiple
deaths premeditated calculated inhuman terror
poem by Terence George Craddock
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A clear emotions
I tried to hide the emotions to put brave front
It surfaced again to counter and confront
Was that so difficult to suppress and confine
Nothing was going my way and didn’t look fine
Eyes were swollen and red with some pain
They were not bright as ever or looked plain
It carried so much behind it and reflected
Some one as if had deliberately inflicted
I understood the importance of being alone
Was not the life journey to be cut as one?
What was the use of showing it to the strangers?
I was in continuous rage and in anger
What would I tell if I happened to see him?
How will I hide the red eyes which will definitely beam?
Still it was far off to result it in reality
I was in his life a special entity
I still confronted him and expressed an ire
“What do you see in my eyes and admire
I shall be happy if you can just put it right”
He stood motionless but did not loose sight
I smiled at him and threw a poser
He read and understood it as composer
“I see complete sea deep treasure
But have no words to express pleasure”
I can see the anguish behind your good smile
You are deep in thought for a while
You think how would we cover an extra mile?
I promise to take you across meanwhile
I can read each and every word
Stand by you in the midst of any need
Come and join me and not run away or fled
Only the thing if you decide to come forward
That shall be the finest day and bright hour
You may swing around and dance on the floor
It shall be pity if I fail to read
It will be me only who will lead
poem by Hasmukh Amathalal
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Understanding is only misunderstanding
When you say
“I understand”
You simply confess
That you are only trying
To understand
And you affirm
To guard against
Misunderstanding
Though this may not be true
In a technical discussion
This is always true
When attempts are made
To evaluate issues
Pertaining to minds and emotions
Let us admit
We have not understood
Any one and
Any of the thought processes
Associated with any individual
How many of us
Have understood our parents?
How many of us
Have understood our spouses?
How many of us
Have understood our brothers
And sisters?
How many of us
Have understood our sons
And daughters?
How many of us
Have understood our customers,
Employers and employees
Bosses and sub-ordinates
More you are confident
About these understandings
More likely
You have misunderstood them
Do not ever claim
That you have
Understood others
As you now understand
That
Understanding is only
Misunderstanding
poem by Bashyam Narayanan
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The people who don't like it tend to dislike it intensely. That's unfortunate, but not surprising when one deliberately goes against audience expectations.
quote by John M. Ford
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Well, I think that people are smart enough to understand the difference between a movie and real life.
quote by Nick Cassavetes
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So sorry I hurt you
I am So Sorry I hurt you,
Words that are void and empty.
Meaningless to the intelligent,
But hold Purpose to the ignorant.
How can anyone be sorry?
Truly sorry,
For things deliberately done?
Sorry are the lies that fly off the lips
Of the erroneous ones
Only to make themselves feel better.
To be truly sorry,
You would never have anything to be sorry about.
Sorry is a fairytale, only holding merit to starry eyed fools
The fools who use the word,
And the fools who believe them.
How can you be sorry for anything done intentionally?
Sorry would be better if it were a four letter word.
And censored from our vocabulary
There is no such thing as sorry!
poem by Dougie Fresh
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I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast to experience a different way of life.
Lost
Now I understood what it meant
to get lost in someone else's eyes.
To get lost is when you look at me
and suddenly the world grows dim,
there's only you... in perfect view.
I felt like a standing corpse
all form of life gone -
for in those eyes, so dark
I lost myself in you.
No word, no phrase could redefine
the momentum of what I felt.
No prose, no poem could best describe
the words left unsaid.
My heart wanted belligerence,
but my thoughts turned to air.
My heart turned numb, my lips lame,
I was lost beneath your stares.
Your steady gaze drew me to you...
they drown me into you
till I hardly breathe,
my heart has leaped
heights I never knew.
In your eyes, the world fell
and my heart began to sink.
I understood my whole existence
could be shattered in a blink.
I understood that single word I never want to be.
poem by Jessel Jane Tevar
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