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We will never finish everything on our to-do lists. It's not possible, and that is life! Susan L. Taylor
Life Will Our Everything Possible Finish Never Lists
What we still haven't done is really learned and embraced our history. When we do that, we'll no longer be doubtful and fearful that we are weak and incomplete. Susan L. Taylor
History Incomplete Our Weak Embraced Fearful Longer Learned Still Done Really Doubtful
We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. Susan L. Taylor
Dreams Time Our Our Dreams Only Eternity Realize Here
There's a lot of rhetoric out here, a lot of talk about giving young people opportunity. Just looking so deeply into the RFK Children's Action Corps, I can see that they are really, really living that mandate. Susan L. Taylor
People Opportunity Giving Looking Young Action Living Corps Out Out Here See About Talk Lot Mandate Just Children Rhetoric Just Looking Young People Really Deeply Here
It's hunger. It's homelessness, often. It's underfunded, under-resourced schools. It's abuse beyond the chilling. It's having overwhelmed parents and caregivers. Those are the things that young people are struggling with beyond our view. Susan L. Taylor
People Parents Young Our Those Hunger Having Struggling Abuse Beyond Schools Overwhelmed Often Chilling Young People View Homelessness Things
When I joined 'Essence,' I was a young, single mother. I was 24. I hadn't gone to college. I wasn't making any money at 'Essence' - what was it, $500 a month - and I was struggling. So I was always looking down the road, always hoping for a better, you know, tomorrow. Susan L. Taylor
You Money Better Mother Tomorrow College Looking Single Young Gone Down Month Hoping Struggling Joined Road Know Single Mother Always Making Any Essence Down The Road
We need a new order of ministers to stand in pulpits. It's not enough to sing and praise God in worship services. Any religion that doesn't encourage us to work together to end the needless suffering all around us is godless. Susan L. Taylor
Work God Religion Together Suffering Needless Enough Worship Ministers All-Around New Sing Around Praise Encourage New Order End Godless Any Order Work Together Us Stand Services Need
We women feel we are here to serve. That's the mistake we make. We may have children, husbands, lovers, bills, responsibility. Those things don't own us, but too often we let them. Susan L. Taylor
Mistake Women Responsibility Own Too Those Husbands Feel Make May Often Children Lovers Them Us Bills Serve Things Here
The things I need from my husband and he needs from me are minimal - respect, support when needed, kindness, love. Susan L. Taylor
Love Kindness Needs Me Respect Husband Minimal He Support Things Need Needed
I don't think you can be a great director without knowing a lot about editing. Thelma Schoonmaker
Great You Director Editing Think Great Director About Knowing Without Lot
I'm very lucky. Most of my friends wait long times for jobs and also don't get the chance to work on 20 films, like I have, with someone like Scorsese. I love working for him. I just would never - I can't imagine working for anybody else. Thelma Schoonmaker
Work Love Wait Long Films Else Jobs Would Someone Never Like Most Also Him Friends Scorsese Very Times Get Just Anybody Anybody Else Working Lucky Chance Imagine
That's the great thing about filmmaking: Things happen you don't know are going to happen at the end. Thelma Schoonmaker
Great You About Know Great Thing End Going Happen Thing Things Things Happen Filmmaking
I can access footage much quicker, yes. But in terms of living with a film and knowing what's right, digital doesn't do that for you. Thelma Schoonmaker
You Digital Living Footage Terms Knowing Access Yes Quicker Much Film Right
Cutting improvisation is really hard, because things don't match, and you end up with some bad cuts sometimes. But we'd rather have the bad cuts and the great improv. Thelma Schoonmaker
Great You Sometimes Bad Some Rather Because Match End Up Improv Improvisation Cuts Cutting Really Hard Things
When you're in a movie with an audience, you can feel where a film is dragging. People start to move. They fidget. You need that perspective. To give it a cold eye. Thelma Schoonmaker
You People Perspective Cold Eye Give Feel Audience Move Where Movie Film Start Dragging Need
As you can imagine, between Michael Powell and Martin Scorsese, I've had quite a rich life! Thelma Schoonmaker
Life You Rich Martin Martin Scorsese Had Between Scorsese Michael Quite Imagine
The studio was very nervous about 'Raging Bull.' Thelma Schoonmaker
Nervous About Studio Bull Very Raging
My family goes way back in New York. So I am a New Yorker; I feel like a New Yorker. It's in my bones. Thelma Schoonmaker
Family Back Way Feel New Like Am York Yorker Goes New York New Yorker Bones
I just happened to see an ad saying 'Willing to train an assistant editor,' and I learned enough from that to go to NYU for just one summer course. That's all that I could afford. Thelma Schoonmaker
Saying Enough Summer Willing See Could Learned Course Editor Go Train Afford Just Happened Just One NYU Ad Assistant
In certain fight scenes in 'Raging Bull' - for example, the shorter ones - I literally just took the head and tail of the shot and put it together, and it all worked beautifully. Thelma Schoonmaker
Together Fight Example Took Scenes Tail Put Head For Example Beautifully Bull Just Literally Worked Shot Certain Raging
I know a lot of editors who are very bitter about the directors they work with. They feel they could have done a better job, and I say to them, 'Oh really? Why don't you go try - it's not easy.' Thelma Schoonmaker
Work You Better Try Job Say Bitter Easy About Directors Better Job Could Feel Know Editors Go Lot Very Done Oh Them Really Who Why
My job is so wonderful. Thelma Schoonmaker
Wonderful Job
I love improvisation. I mean, it's hard to edit, because things don't necessarily fall together - you have to find ways to give it a dramatic scope, shape. But it's so much fun. Thelma Schoonmaker
Love You Together Fall Dramatic Ways Find Give Shape Because Edit Scope Improvisation So Much Fun Mean Much Hard Fun Things Necessarily
I always thought that's the wonderful thing about filmmaking: people see things differently. Thelma Schoonmaker
People Wonderful Thought See About Always Wonderful Thing Differently Thing Things Filmmaking
I have the best job in the world. Thelma Schoonmaker
Best World Job
All great directors or anyone who has a strong vision like Scorsese needs to have a lot of support around them. I think from the very beginning - when we met each other - he realised he could trust me to do what was right for his movies. Thelma Schoonmaker
Great Needs Me Trust Vision Strong Met Beginning Think Other Directors Could He Support Like Around His Lot Trust Me Scorsese Very Anyone Realised Movies Them Who Each Right
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