J. L. Mackie Quotes
I myself find it hard to accept the notion of self-creation from nothing, even given unrestricted chance.
The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god.
I went to school and made good grades and went to college. So I was afforded an opportunity through my parents' hard work that most people don't have.
If I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.
I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are.
If you want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a good movie. If you don't want to buy a good movie, you'll buy a 'Twilight' movie.
Acting is the only medium were people think they can just stand up and do it because they can say lines, but that is not so much the case. You have to study styles and techniques.
We need a safe place, a reserve of truth, a place where words kindle ideas and set ideas sparking off in others, a word sanctuary. Poetry is this gathering place of words.
It is a rare and valuable tonic to share insights, dreams and concerns with people whom you have never met. The sole purpose for such exchanges is simply to give light to one another.
I just don't understand how people can get so caught up in having their picture taken.
If the weeds are pulled out of the garden too soon, the too shallow roots of the plants developing around it get pulled up with the weed also. Time is what is needed before criticism can be useful.
If everyone invested in the neighborhood they lived in, the United States would be a magical place.
There are many out there who proudly call themselves critics, but I have come to see that many of those critics have never tested their own skill.
Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!
Most of the time when you see a movie, the best character in the movie is not "the guy," it's the guy next to the guy.
If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.
I'm a poet. I'm just a renaissance man in my heart. I can build shelves and I can write poetry.
Hollywood's a business, and until someone puts their finger on you and decides you're the guy who's going to carry that movie, it's not going to happen.
As actors, the great thing about our career is we get to change from role to role. I don't want to be known as "put him in the movie because he has nice abs" guy.
Not too many people can say they love what they do and they really like the people they work with.
Universal love is the standard-sized socket that everyone can plug into. No adapting mechanism required.
I'm a firm believe that a man looks his best in a suit and I feel like in the late 40's people just dressed up to do everything.
I like movies. Movies have afforded me a modicum of luxuries. The thing about the movies is, if you're bad in a movie, you're bad forever.
I was raised with a sense of entrepreneurship - my father owned a roofing business, and I grew up with the idea that you never want someone telling you what you can and cannot do.
So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you're prepared it's going to continue to come your way.
Paint right into the darkness. While painting in these conditions the mind shifts gears, engaging the unconscious. Unique 'insights' happen in the dark.
Writing without words? Its not easy, I tell you! I stab the pen into my heart and let the blood flow. No more ink, no more words, no more b.s. Just me.
In New Orleans, where I'm from, the average household income, with two working parents, two kids, a dog and a little fence is $16,000 a year, so $15,000 for a movie sounds pretty good.
Even though homelessness reaches into the depths of despair, there's also a pride and beauty in it, as well.
There are two types of people in this world: Gypsy and Gadge. Which one am I? Neither. I'm a writer.
Money always changes the game, when you let a dollar come between you and your friends, your cohorts.
For me, Christmas is about family, loving, forgiveness, compassion, understanding and comradery.
I'm not Martin Luther King. I can't be Martin Luther King. The only thing I can do is present what I feel the essence of Martin Luther King is.
I think you can only be outgoing when the person you're talking to is outgoing. I can be outgoing if I want to be, if you meet me halfway.
There are a lot of limitations and stigmas that are placed on young actors, specifically young black actors.
The exchange of words is a lot like a virtual handshake. Is the writer's grasp of the language strong and bold? Are the words gripping? Direct? Inventive? Sincere?
