Jill and
Jill and
imagination empathy study
The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesnt enter into it.
art writing past
History is the art of making an argument about the past by telling a story accountable to evidence. In the writing of history, a story without an argument fades into antiquarianism; an argument without a story risks pedantry. Writing history requires empathy, inquiry, and debate. It requires forswearing condescension, cant, and nostalgia. The past isn’t quaint. Much of it, in fact, is bleak.
self defense littles
When carrying a concealed weapon for self-defense is understood NOT as a failure of civil society, to be mourned, but as an act of citizenship, to be vaunted, there is little civilian life left.
real mean happy-life
It's the only real advantage to getting older. You get to say what you mean and stop apologizing.
want imagine settling
Imagine settling for a life you can have because you don't have the courage to go after the life you really want.
lying opportunity things-in-life
Everyday the opportunity exists to change your life. But most days, the idea of having to change the big things in life just seems like too much work. Should I lie on the couch and watch a movie, or shuld I confront my personal demons?
long understanding goes-on
Friends are very understanding when you tell them in April that you can see them next September, but there is a limit to how long you can go on like that.
couple moving holiday
I have been determined for the past couple of years to move away from all those Holiday programmes.
mean hair serious
Just because I've got blonde hair and haven't been to Bosnia doesn't mean I'm a bimbo. I am still a serious journalist.
autumn incentives england
And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England.
echoes people film
People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films.
tears faces pouring
A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my entire life for me on the screen.
character thinking too-much
I dont theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that shes thinking,
character arms muscles
I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie youre watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.