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WHEN IN DOUBT: know what others have said, lived, dreamed, visioned, tried, failed then succeeded at, changed their mind about, co-operated on, suffered then healed, persisted in, fought for, lost and found faith in, let go of, changed, endured, believed in against all odds, stood for and wouldn't stand for, ventured, resurrected and above all loved…loved…loved.
"Our worst fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us."
Nelson Mandela
"I consider that the greatest mission of the motion picture is first to make people happy, to bring joy and cheer and wholesome goodwill in this world of ours. And God knows we need it."
Goethe
"The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
Thomas A. Edison
The Science of Mind
“To tell all is not to tell a tale. Getting the facts straight is not enough to find the story to which they belong. In fact, getting the facts straight is a very different activity from that of finding a story that can be “faithful” to the facts. “

James P Carse: “Losing the Way Is The Way”

“God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference.
Serenity Prayer
During the making of a film in 1920 with the great director D.W.Griffith, Lillian Gish remembers floating down the river on an ice floe in the middle of winter: “Mr. Griffith kept shouting at me, ‘Look into the camera! Look into the camera!’ But I couldn’t. I had icicles on my eyelids.”
Speaking of “The Method”
Shakespeare in Love ultimately works because it marries high ideals with common purpose. Like no one before or since, Shakespeare sealed the joint between art and entertainment, between great thought and good fun.”
John Griffin
The Gazette – Montreal
"Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life".
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