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Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirations? Maybe because artists are rarely members of the popular crowd. Votes: 35
Lebanon was at one time known as a nation that rose above sectarian hatred; Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East. All of that was blown apart by senseless religious wars, financed and exploited in part by those who sought power and wealth. If women had been in charge, would they have been more sensible? It's a theory. Votes: 32
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His. Votes: 31
Parents and schools should place great emphasis on the idea that it is all right to be different. Racism and all the other 'isms' grow from primitive tribalism, the instinctive hostility against those of another tribe, race, religion, nationality, class or whatever. You are a lucky child if your parents taught you to accept diversity. Votes: 31
Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too, perhaps, are our lives. Votes: 21
Here's how much I know about hockey. Mike Royko and I were in a tiny bar one winter night, and the radio kept reporting goals by the Blackhawks. I mentioned how frequently the team was scoring. 'You're listening to the highlights,' Royko observed. Votes: 21
There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works of Shakespeare and Yeats and a portable chess set. I will pass an old tree under which once on a summer night I lay on the grass with a fragrant young woman and we quoted e.e. cummings back and forth. Votes: 20
Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free will and then send in a play from the sidelines. Votes: 18
It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion in the White House that's causing a lot of conflicts, and concerns, and disturbances for a lot of people, it's in the Bush Administration. Votes: 15
Why do alcoholics begin down the same hazardous road day after day? They are in search of that elusive window of well-being that opens when you drink your way out of a hangover and aren't yet drunk all over again. The alcoholic's day consists of trying to keep that window open. Votes: 15
Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people. Folks talk casually about 'having a stent put in,' as if they had their tires rotated. Votes: 13
It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics. It's usually good or bad for other reasons, though you might agree or disagree with its politics. Votes: 12
I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly. Votes: 12
By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making a wide variety of friends, moving around traveling, I became a lot more open-minded than the heritage I was born into might have suggested. Votes: 11
Horror fans are a particular breed. They analyze films with such detail and expertise that I am reminded of the Canadian literary critic Northrup Frye, who approached literature with similar archetypal analysis. Votes: 11
When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for money,' which indicates guests expected to be entertaining. Votes: 10
From a dramatic viewpoint, there are few professions that grant their members entry into other lives, high among them cops, doctors, clergymen, journalists and prostitutes. Perhaps that explains why they figure in so much television and cinema. Their lives are lived in the midst of human drama. Votes: 10
Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate. Votes: 6
I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip. Votes: 5
All but a very few of us are in debt. We exist as entities who borrow money and spend the rest of our lives making interest payments on a debt tally that never seems to budge. Whatever wealth we have, in labor, property or cash, is suctioned to the top. Votes: 5
Anyone who reads advice books about romance has one problem to begin with: bad taste in literature. Votes: 5
Sometimes miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius. Votes: 3
It's easier to identify with loss than love, because we have had so much more experience of it. Votes: 3
Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised. Votes: 3
I believe that young people wearing hoods, unless they are very young, can be frightening. What are they hiding? Why don't they want to come out into the light with the rest of us? They may be perfectly nice, but the hoods send an uncertain statement. Votes: 1
If there's anything I hate more than a stupid action comedy, it's an incompetent stupid action comedy. It's not so bad it's good. It's so bad it's nothing else but bad. Votes: 1
There's something depressing about a young couple helplessly in love. Their state is so perfect, it must be doomed. They project such qualities on their lover that only disappointment can follow. Votes: 0
What happens in a fantasy can be more involving than what happens in life, and thank goodness for that. Votes: 0
Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women. Votes: 0
If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars can get a better hearing. Votes: 0
What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced age! No privacy. No seclusion. No sin. Votes: 0
Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics. Votes: 0
I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. Votes: 0
And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up. Votes: 0
I know as a critic I'm required to have a well-armored heart. I must be a cynical wise guy to show my great sophistication. No pushover, me. Votes: 0
One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines. Votes: 0
I've never found kicks to the groin particularly funny, although recent work in the genre of the buddy movie suggests audience research must prove me wrong. Votes: 0
It's the same the world over. A Hollywood production comes to town, and the locals all turn movie crazy. Votes: 0
If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy. Votes: 0
You can't just tell actors, especially young ones, to 'act happy' and expect them to do it. They must in some essential way be happy. Votes: 0
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject - unless there is a sequel, which is unlikely, because at the end, the Lincolns are on their way to the theater. Votes: 0
The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented. Votes: 0
Here it is at last, the first 150-minute trailer. Armageddon is cut together like its own highlights. Take almost any 30 seconds at random, and you'd have a TV ad. The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense, and the human desire to be entertained. No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out. Votes: 0
We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them doesn't have to be white, and the other one doesn't have to be the ethnic sidekick. We're way over that. And I think it's happening in society, too. Votes: 0
I was born inside the movie of my life. The visuals were before me, the audio surrounded me, the plot unfolded inevitably but not necessarily. I don't remember how I got into the movie, but it continues to entertain me. Votes: 0
Dirty Love wasn't written and directed, it was committed. Here is a film so pitiful, it doesn't rise to the level of badness. It is hopelessly incompetent I am not certain that anyone involved has ever seen a movie, or knows what one is. Votes: 0
Fellini was more in love with breasts than Russ Meyer, more wracked with guilt than Ingmar Bergman, more of a flamboyant showman than Busby Berkeley... Amarcord seems almost to flow from the camera, as anecdotes will flow from one who has told them often and knows they work. This was the last of his films made for no better reason than Fellini wanted to make it. Votes: 0
There is a movie called Fargo playing right now. It is a masterpiece. Go see it. If you, under any circumstances, see Little Indian, Big City, I will never let you read one of my reviews again. Votes: 0
Dear Bill (O'Reilly)...I am concerned that you have been losing touch with reality recently. Did you really say you are more powerful than any politician? That reminds me of the famous story about Squeaky the Chicago Mouse. It seems that Squeaky was floating on his back along the Chicago River one day. Approaching the Michigan Avenue lift bridge, he called out: Raise the bridge! I have an erection! Votes: 0
Immortals is without doubt the best-looking awful movie you will ever see. Eiko Ishioka's costume designs alone deserve an Oscar nomination. "They weren't at all historically accurate," grumbled a woman in the elevator after the sneak preview, as if lots of documentation exists about the wardrobes of the gods. She added: "I guess that's what we deserve for using free tickets we got at a Blackhawks game. Votes: 0
I remember when a Coke came in a six-ounce bottle, and delicious it was. Now it comes in sizes so big that I question how the human bladder can deal with the intake. Votes: 0
The Bucket List is a movie about two old codgers who are nothing like people, both suffering from cancer that is nothing like cancer, and setting off on adventures that are nothing like possible. I urgently advise hospitals: Do not make the DVD available to your patients; there may be an outbreak of bedpans thrown at TV screens. Votes: 0
What we have here is a rousing boy's adventure story, adapted from stories that Edgar Rice Burroughs cranked out for early pulp magazines. They lacked the visceral appeal of his Tarzan stories, which inspired an estimated 89 movies; amazingly, this is the first John Carter movie, but it is intended to foster a franchise and will probably succeed. Votes: 0
Going to see Godzilla at the Palais of the Cannes Film Festival is like attending a satanic ritual in St. Peter's Basilica. Votes: 0
No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9/11. Such subjects overwhelm art. Votes: 0
When I had been a film critic for ten minutes, I treated Doris Day as a target for cheap shots. I have learned enough to say today that the woman was remarkably gifted. Votes: 0
If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination. Votes: 0
Film has become a marketed commodity, and the opportunities and audiences for art cinema have grown smaller. There is a general downturn in cultural literacy, perhaps because of television. Votes: 0
You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane. Votes: 0
The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb. Votes: 0
A young girl is possessed by a devil, and Constantine shouts, 'I need a mirror! Now! At least three feet high!' He can capture the demon in the mirror and throw it out the window, see, although you wonder why supernatural beings would have such low-tech security holes. Votes: 0
They're not trying to prevent Hollywood from making movies. They're asking that the most powerful image-building machinery in the world stop grinding out killer dykes and twisted homo sex fiends as if sexual orientation had anything to do with criminal behavior. Votes: 0
What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you. Dairy is bad for you. Forget the ads: Milk and eggs are bad for you. Votes: 0
How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story Nightfall, about the planet where the stars were visible only once in a thousand years. So awesome was the sight that it drove men mad. We who can see the stars every night glance up casually at the cosmos and then quickly down again, searching for a Dairy Queen. Votes: 0
Valentines Day is being marketed as a Date Movie. I think its more of a First-Date Movie. If your date likes it, do not date that person again. And if you like it, there may not be a second date. Votes: 0
Well, we're all dying in increments. I don't mind people knowing what I look like, but I don't want them thinking I'm dying. Votes: 0
One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film's defining moments. Votes: 0
When I go to a great movie, I can live somebody else's life a little bit for a while. I can walk in somebody else's shoes. I can see what it feels like to be a member of a different gender, a different race, a different economic class, to live in a different time, to have a different belief. Votes: 0
I have always had my doubts about any form of divine intervention in sports contests. The power of prayer may be remarkable in many other arenas, but why should God want my team to win instead of the other side? Isn't it insulting to request God to even take an interest in baseball? Votes: 0
I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. Votes: 0
I do not fear death. I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear. Votes: 0
Life always has an unhappy ending, but you can have a lot of fun along the way, and everything doesn't have to be dripping in deep significance. Votes: 0
Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a series of revelations and effortless delights. Votes: 0
Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer , according to the credits. Homer's estate should sue. Votes: 0
What's sad about not eating is the experience, whether at a family reunion or at midnight by yourself in a greasy spoon under the L tracks. The loss of dining, not the loss of food. Votes: 0
I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out. Votes: 0
Much has been written about Generation X and the films about it. Clerks is so utterly authentic that its heroes have never heard of their generation. When they think of "X," it's on the way to the video store. Votes: 0
Because we are human, because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies, because we live in a world where the news is often bad and the prospects disturbing, there is a need for another world somewhere, a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers live. Votes: 0
To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion. Votes: 0
One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic-book dominance was a willingness to invent new characters at a dizzying speed. There are so many Marvel universes, indeed, that some superheroes do not even exist in one another's worlds, preventing gridlock. Votes: 0
[D]oes the real world have any more substance than visions and hallucinations when we're having them? At any given moment, what's happening in our minds is all and everything that happens. Votes: 0
In Blue Crush , we meet three Hawaiian surfers who work as hotel maids, live in a grotty rental, and are raising the kid sister of one of them. Despite this near-poverty, they look great; there is nothing like a tan and a bikini to overcome class distinctions. Votes: 0
Growing up, I missed the whole 'Three Stooges' thing. Either they weren't on the station in my hometown, or we hadn't bought a TV set yet, or they came to town too late for me. I'm pretty sure that at the right age, I would have loved them. Votes: 0
Show me a sexual practice that involves ice cubes and hot sauce, and I will show you a sexual practice that would be improved without them. Votes: 0
Because of the rush of human knowledge, because of the digital revolution, I have a voice, and I do not need to scream. Votes: 0
I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. Votes: 0
I was instructed long ago by a wise editor, "If you understand something you can explain it so that almost anyone can understand it. If you don't, you won't be able to understand your own explanation." That is why 90% of academic film theory is bullshit. Jargon is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Votes: 0
Rollerball is an incoherent mess, a jumble of footage in search of plot, meaning, rhythm and sense. There are bright colors and quick movement on the screen, which we can watch as a visual pattern that, in entertainment value, falls somewhere between a kaleidoscope and a lava lamp. Votes: 0
Steven Spielberg makes Minority Report with the newest digital technology; other directors seem to be trying to make their movies from it. Votes: 0
I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win. Votes: 0
We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while reading a book, or fall in love with movie stars. Votes: 0
This sucks on so many levels." Dialogue from "Jason X" Rare for a movie to so frankly describe itself. "Jason X" sucks on the levels of storytelling, character development, suspense, special effects, originality, punctuation, neatness and aptness of thought. Votes: 0
The Lucky One' is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks' persuasive storytelling. Readers don't read his books because they're true, but because they ought to be true. Votes: 0
Nicholas Sparks recently went on record as saying he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy. This is true in the same sense that I am a better novelist than William Shakespeare. Votes: 0
In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the immediate experience. Votes: 0
I think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to get those out of the paper or from television. So they wouldn't have had my quote opening day. Votes: 0
Reese Witherspoon is as cute as a button on Raggedy Ann's overalls, but irresistible raw sex appeal is not one of her qualities. Votes: 0
Going to a movie so you won't be offended is like eating potato chips made with Olestra; you avoid the dangers of the real thing, but your insides fill up with synthetic runny stuff. Votes: 0
Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers. Votes: 0
Of all the purposes of education, I think the most useful is this: It prepares you to keep yourself entertained. It gives you a better chance of an interesting job. Votes: 0
It is universally agreed that Jean Renoir was one of the greatest of all directors, and he was also one of the warmest and most entertaining. Votes: 0
Socrates told us, the unexamined life is not worth living. I think he's calling for curiosity, more than knowledge. In every human society at all times and at all levels, the curious are at the leading edge. Votes: 0
Socrates told us, "the unexamined life is not worth living." I think he's calling for curiosity, more than knowledge. In every human society at all times and at all levels, the curious are at the leading edge. Votes: 0
The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get just get drowned out by the noise. Votes: 0
Aren't you getting tired of people hating one another? What do they think they get out of it? Votes: 0
A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room. Votes: 0
What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable. Votes: 0
Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy. Votes: 0
Why has Scandinavia been producing such good thrillers? Maybe because their filmmakers can't afford millions for CGI and must rely on cheaper elements like, you know, stories and characters. Votes: 0
Films to the degree that they glorify mindlessness and short attention span they are bad, to the degree that they encourage empathy with people not like ourselves and encourage us to think about life, they are good. Votes: 0
But considering that I walked in expecting no complexity at all, let alone the visual wonderments, 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is a considerable experience. Votes: 0
3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood's current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches. Votes: 0
I am as fond of colorful language as anyone, but I try not to inflict it upon strangers. I suspect many people sense they should have better manners, and need only a nudge. In high school, I was addressed for the first time in my life as "Mister Ebert" by Stanley Hynes, an English teacher, and his formality transformed his classroom into a place where a certain courtliness prevailed. Votes: 0
It's like the high school production of something you saw at Steppenwolf, with the most gifted students in drama class playing the John Malkovich and Joan Allen roles. Votes: 0
If there's one thing I've learned in this life, it's that you never say no to an old gypsy woman with a blind eye and leprous fingernails. Votes: 0
We live in a box of space and time. Movies are windows in its walls. They allow us to enter other minds, not simply in the sense of identifying with the characters, although that is an important part of it, but by seeing the world as another person sees it. Votes: 0
Occasionally an unsuspecting innocent will stumble into a movie like this and send me an anguished postcard, asking how I could possibly give a favorable review to such trash. My stock response is Ebert's Law, which reads: A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it. Votes: 0
If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen. Votes: 0
[Marlon] Brando was the only guy who could step out of that shadow at the end of that movie and be worth the wait. Votes: 0
Last year, I reviewed a nine-hour documentary about the lives of Mongolian yak herdsmen, and I would rather see it again than sit through The Frighteners. Votes: 0
A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures, and things like that. Votes: 0
The idea that a book can advise a woman how to capture a man is touchingly naive. Books advising men how to capture a woman are far less common, perhaps because few men are willing to admit to such a difficulty. For both sexes, I recommend a good novel, offering scenarios you might learn from, if only because they reflect a lot of doubt. Votes: 0
Wes Anderson's mind must be an exciting place for a story idea to be born. It immediately becomes more than a series of events and is transformed into a world with its own rules, in which everything is driven by emotions and desires as convincing as they are magical. Votes: 0
Blockbusters run the mainstream industry. We may never again have a decade like the 1970s, when directors were able to find such freedom. Votes: 0
A few actresses have all but set up shop as women of a certain age who attract younger lovers. I think of Susan Sarandon, Cameron Diaz and Isabelle Huppert. Votes: 0
Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was the ability to inflame political passions and energize the John McCain campaign with star quality. Votes: 0
The buried code of many American films has become: If I kill you, I have won and you have lost. The instinctive ethical code of traditional Hollywood, the code by which characters like James Stewart, John Wayne and Henry Fonda lived, has been lost. Votes: 0
Are vampires kinky? I didn't know. Votes: 0
To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out. Votes: 0
The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to the left when it really isn't. They want to shut other people up. They really don't understand the First Amendment. Votes: 0
Many thrillers follow such reliable formulas that you can look at what's happening and guess how much longer a film has to run. Votes: 0
We are the playthings of the gods. Votes: 0
James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence. Votes: 0
On this ancient and miraculous world, where such beautiful natural and living things have evolved, something has gone wrong when life itself is used as a manufacturing process. Votes: 0
All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions. Votes: 0
(Guy) Pearce, as the hero, makes the mistake of trying to give a good and realistic performance. (Jeremy) Irons at least knows what kind of movie he's in, and hams it up accordingly. Votes: 0
[Alan Berg's] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be read as a message: Be cautious, be prudent, be bland, never push anybody, never say what you really think, offer yourself as a hostage to the weirdos even before they make the first move. These days, a lot of people are opposed to the newfound popularity of 'trash television,' and no doubt they are right, and the hosts of these shows are shameless controversy-mongers. But at least they are not intimidated. Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend? Votes: 0
A depressing number of people seem to process everything literally. They are to wit as a blind man is to a forest, able to find every tree, but each one coming as a surprise. Votes: 0
A film is a terrible thing to waste. Votes: 0
A film like Hoop Dreams is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and makes us think in new ways about the world around us. It gives us the impression of having touched life itself. Votes: 0
A truly strong woman will choose a stong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along. Votes: 0
'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject - unless there is a sequel, which is unlikely, because at the end, the Lincolns are on their way to the theater. Votes: 0
Absolutists frighten me. During all the endless discussions on my blog about evolution , intelligent design, God , and the afterworld, numbering altogether thousands of comments, I have never named my beliefs , although readers have freely informed me that I am an atheist , and agnostic , or at the very least a secular humanist which I am. Votes: 0
An actress should never, ever, be asked to run beside a van in red disco boots for more than about half a block, and then only if her child is being kidnapped. Votes: 0
An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it. Votes: 0
And the sexes eyeing each other uneasily, for nothing is easier for a teenager to imagine than rejection. Votes: 0
And yet, even so, there is a way to find happiness. That is to be curious about all of the interlocking events that add up to our lives. To notice connections. To be amused or perhaps frightened by the ways things work out. If the universe is indifferent, what a consolation that we are not. Votes: 0
As I swim through the summer tide of vulgarity, I find that's what I'm looking for: Movies that at least feel affection for their characters. Raunchy is OK. Cruel is not. Votes: 0
At the end of the day, some authors will endure and most, including some very good ones, will not. Why do I think reading is important? It is such an effective medium between mind and mind. We think largely in words. A medium made only of words doesn't impose the barrier of any other medium. It is naked and unprotected communication. That's how you get pregnant. May you always be so. Votes: 0
Battlefield Earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. It's not merely bad; it's unpleasant in a hostile way. Votes: 0
Because I don't give the studios advanced quotes or an advanced look at my reviews. I think the readers deserve to read my reviews before the studios do. Votes: 0
Because we can engineer genetics, because we can telecast real lives-of course we must, right? But are these good things to do? The irony is, the people who will finally answer that question will be the very ones produced by the process. Votes: 0
Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing him to office. This isn't choosing a president, it's casting the lead in a sitcom about the presidency. Votes: 0
Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film. Votes: 0
Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic. He didn't need to do this to himself. It's unworthy of him. Votes: 0
CROUCHING TIGER is nevertheless a gloriously big epic, starring the Hong Kong action stars Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh in a visionary adventure where the characters seem set free from the force of gravity. Votes: 0
Crowds can be frightening. They have a way of impressing the low, base taste upon their members. Watching the way thousands of people in his audience could not think for themselves, could not find the courage to allow their ordinary feelings of decency and taste to prevail, I understood better how demagogues are possible. Votes: 0
Dice Rules is one of the most appalling movies I have ever seen. It could not be more damaging to the career of Andrew Dice Clay if it had been made as a documentary by someone who hated him. The fact that Clay apparently thinks this movie is worth seeing is revealing and sad, indicating that he not only lacks a sense of humor, but also ordinary human decency. Votes: 0
Dogs remember every favor you ever do for them and store those events in a memory bank titled Why My Human Is A God. Votes: 0
Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly. Votes: 0
Dr. Leonard Shlain, chairman of laparoscopic surgery at California Pacific Medical Center, said they took some four and five year-olds and gave them video games and asked them to figure out how to play them without instructions. Then they watched their brain activity with real-time monitors. At first, when they were figuring out the games, he said, the whole brain lit up. But by the time they knew how to play the games, the brain went dark, except for one little point. Votes: 0
Exhilarating. Radical Grace moved me to tears with its portrayal of good people putting their beliefs into action in ways that transcend all ideological boundaries. Votes: 0
Fight Club is a thrill ride masquerading as philosophy - the kind of ride where some people puke and others can't wait to get on again. Votes: 0
Film theory has nothing to do with film. Students presumably hope to find out something about film, and all they will find out is an occult and arcane language designed only for the purpose of excluding those who have not mastered it and giving academic rewards to those who have. No one with any literacy, taste or intelligence would want to teach these courses, so the bona fide definition of people teaching them are people who are incapable of teaching anything else. Votes: 0
Gene [Siskel] often mentioned something François Truffaut once told him: the most beautiful sight in a movie theater is to walk down to the front, turn around, and look at the light from the screen reflected on the upturned faces of the members of the audience. Votes: 0
'Grand Illusion' and 'Rules of the Game' are routinely included on lists of the greatest films, and deserve to be. Votes: 0
Grave of the Fireflies" is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation... It belongs on any list of the greatest war films ever made. Votes: 0
Here is a children's film made for the world we should live in, rather than the one we occupy. A film with no villains. No fight scenes. No evil adults. No fighting between the two kids. No scary monsters. No darkness before the dawn. A world that is benign. A world where if you meet a strange towering creature in the forest, you curl up on its tummy and have a nap. Votes: 0
I am informed that 5,000 cockroaches were used in the filming of Joe's Apartment. That depresses me, but not as much as the news that none of them were harmed during the production. Votes: 0
I am not a believer, not an atheist, not an agnostic. I am still awake at night, asking how? I am more content with the question than I would be with an answer. Votes: 0
I am proudly a liberal. I am also patriotic, reasonable, pro-American, and stand for family values. Votes: 0
I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the risks of performance. Votes: 0
I began to realize that I had tended to avoid some people because of my instant conclusions about who they were and what they would have to say. I discovered that everyone, speaking honestly and openly, had important things to tell me. Votes: 0
I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier that is about the best we can do. Votes: 0
I do suspect my star ratings average too high. But, of course, star ratings are ridiculous. I'm stuck with them. Votes: 0
I find that when I am actually writing, I enter a zone of concentration too small to admit my troubles. Votes: 0
I had a hard time watching Wolf Creek. It is a film with one clear purpose: To establish the commercial credentials of its director by showing his skill at depicting the brutal tracking, torture and mutilation of screaming young women. When the killer severs the spine of one of his victims and calls her "a head on a stick," I wanted to walk out of the theater and keep on walking. Votes: 0
I have no fear of death. We all die. I consider my remaining days to be like money in the bank. When it is all gone, I will be repossessed. Votes: 0
I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together. Votes: 0
I urgently advise hospitals: Do not make the DVD available to your patients; there may be an outbreak of bedpans thrown at TV screens. Votes: 0
I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or love someone, or do a good thing. Those prayers validate existence and snatch it away from meaningless routine. Votes: 0
I was indeed a snob, if you agree with this definition: 'A person who believes that their tastes in a particular area are superior to those of other people.' I do believe that. Not superior to all other people, but to some, most probably including those who think Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen is a great film. That is not simply ego on my part. It is a faith that after writing and teaching about films for more than 40 years, my tastes are more evolved than those of a fanboy. Votes: 0
I wear a pedometer, a little device that counts every step. It works as a goad, because you walk additional distances to pile up the numbers. The average person walks 2,000 to 3,000 steps a day. I walk 10,000 steps a day. I have lost a lot of weight as a result. Votes: 0
If you find an occupation you love and spend your entire life working at it, is that enough? Votes: 0
If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to be about. Look at a movie that a lot of people love, and you will find something profound, no matter how silly the film may be. Votes: 0
If you plan to miss this movie, better miss it quickly; I doubt if it'll be around to miss for long. Votes: 0
Improvisation is a weird word because we often think it means that you make things up out of whole cloth right there on the spot, and that's rarely the case in acting. You have to know who the character is, what the situation is and what is needed. Votes: 0
In the best of all possible worlds, directors would obsess about the quality of their storytelling, and not the details of their technical methods. Votes: 0
In the vast majority of movies, everything is done for the audience. We are cued to laugh or cry, be frightened or relieved; Hitchcock called the movies a machine for causing emotions in the audience. Bresson (and Ozu) take a different approach. They regard, and ask us to regard along with them, and to arrive at conclusions about their characters that are our own. This is the cinema of empathy. Votes: 0
In these days of high-tech video games, it's remarkable that kids once got incredibly thrilled while pushing little metal racing cars around a cardboard track: The toy car was yours, and you invested it with importance and enhanced it with fantasy and pitied it because it was small, like you were. Such games were weapons against the ennui of endless Saturdays. Votes: 0
In thinking about 'depressing movies,' many people don't realize that all bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are. Votes: 0
It amazes me that filmmakers will still film, and audiences will still watch, relationships so bankrupt of human feeling that the characters could be reading dialogue written by a computer. Votes: 0
It considers not only how we relate to others, but how we relate to our ideas of others so that a completely phony, non-human replica of a dead wife can inspire the same feelings that the wife herself once did. That is a peculiarity of humans: We feel the same emotions for our ideas as we do for the real world, which is why we can cry while reading a book, or fall in love with movie stars. Our idea of humanity bewitches us, while humanity itself stays safely sealed away into its billions of separate containers, or "people. Votes: 0
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is a famous journalistic legend about the time a young reporter covered the Johnstown flood of 1889. The kid wrote: God sat on a hillside overlooking Johnstown today and looked at the destruction He had wrought. His editor cabled back: Forget flood. Interview God. Votes: 0
It has been said that the reason we establish relationships is to assure ourselves of a witness to our lives. Votes: 0
It is all very well and good for Linda Lovelace, the star of the movie, to advocate sexual freedom; but the energy she brings to her role is less awesome than discouraging. If you have to work this hard at sexual freedom, maybe it isn't worth the effort. Votes: 0
It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along. Strength demands intelligence, intelligence demands stimulation, and weakness is boring. It is better to find a partner you can contend with for a lifetime than one who accommodates you because he doesn't really care. Votes: 0
It is comforting to think that we can love so powerfully that fate itself wheels and turns at the command of our souls. Votes: 0
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. Votes: 0
It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. That's why writing on the Internet has become a life-saver for me. My ability to think and write have not been affected. And on the Web, my real voice finds expression. Votes: 0
It is quite possible for the vulgar to be funny, but to succeed, it must rise to a certain genius. Votes: 0
It is strange how the romances of the teenage years retain a poignancy all through life - how a girl who turns you down when you're 16 retains an aura in your memory even long after you, and she, have ceased to be who you were then. I attended my high school reunion a couple of weeks ago and discovered, in the souvenir booklet assembled by the reunion committee, that one of the girls in my class had a crush on me all those years ago. I would have given a great deal to have had that information at the time. Votes: 0
It's not often a thriller keeps me wound up as well as 'Headhunters' did. I knew I was being manipulated and didn't care. It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done. Votes: 0
It's strange: We leave the movie having enjoyed its conclusion so much that we almost forgot our earlier reservations. But they were there, and they were real. Votes: 0
It's the worst kind of bad film: the kind that gets you all worked up and then lets you down, instead of just being lousy from the first shot. Votes: 0
I've been around a long time, and young men, if there is one thing I know, it is that the only way to kiss a girl for the first time is to look like you want to and intend do, and move in fast enough to seem eager but slow enough to give her a chance to say "So anyway ..." and look up as if she's trying to remember your name. Votes: 0
I've been told that I am evil. I've been told that I am behind the persecution of millions of Americans. That I have encouraged hate toward gays. I've received both very brief and obscene messages, and very long and literate messages that tell me a vote for Crash was vote for homophobia. Votes: 0
Jane Austen wrote six of the most beloved novels in the English language, we are informed at the end of Becoming Jane, and so she did. The key word is beloved. Her admirers do not analyze her books so much as they just plain love them to pieces. Votes: 0
Just write, get better, keep writing, keep getting better. It's the only thing you can control. Votes: 0
Life's missed opportunities, at the end, may seem more poignant to us than those we embraced " because in our imagination they have a perfection that reality can never rival. Votes: 0
Mad Dog Time is the first movie I have seen that does not improve on the sight of a blank screen viewed for the same length of time. Oh, I've seen bad movies before. But they usually made me care about how bad they were. Watching Mad Dog Time is like waiting for the bus in a city where you're not sure they have a bus line. Votes: 0
Many people believe the names of In 'n Out and Steak 'n Shake perfectly describe the contrast in bedroom techniques between the coast and the heartland. Votes: 0
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson star. I neglected to mention that, maybe because I was trying to place them in this review's version of the Witness Protection Program. If I were taken off the movie beat and assigned to cover the interior design of bowling alleys, I would have some idea of how they must have felt as they made this film. Votes: 0
Most people choose movies that provide exactly what they expect, and tell them things they already know. Others are more curious. We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds. Votes: 0
My books are a subject of much discussion. They pour from shelves onto tables, chairs and the floor, and Chaz observes that I haven't read many of them and I never will. You just never know. One day I may - need is the word I use - to read Finnegans Wake, the Icelandic sagas, Churchill's history of the Second World War, the complete Tintin in French, 47 novels by Simenon, and By Love Possessed. Votes: 0
My favorite love scenes in movies don't involve passion, they involve nobility or sacrifice. Votes: 0
My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris. Votes: 0
My newspaper job "¦ is my identity. Votes: 0
No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad. Votes: 0
Now I see that all relationships are virtual, even those that take place in person. Whether we use our bodies or a keyboard, it all comes down to two minds crying out from their solitude. Votes: 0
Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy, and good ones make us into better people. Votes: 0
One hopeful sign that the filmmakers can learn and grow is that the sequel does not contain a single pie, if you know what I mean. Votes: 0
One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered Votes: 0
One of the most sublime and hazardous moments in human experience comes when two people lock eyes and realize that they are sexually attracted to one another. They may not act on the knowledge.They may file it away for future reference. They may deny it. They may never see each other again. But the moment has happened, and for an instant all other considerations are insignificant. Votes: 0
One, don't wait for inspiration, just start the damned thing. Two, once you begin, keep on until the end. How do you know how the story should begin until you find out where it's going? Votes: 0
Only enormously talented people could have made Death to Smoochy . Those with lesser gifts would have lacked the nerve to make a film so bad, so miscalculated, so lacking any connection with any possible audience. Votes: 0
Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on December 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack on an American love triangle. Its centerpiece is 40 minutes of redundant special effects, surrounded by a love story of stunning banality. The film has been directed without grace, vision, or originality, and although you may walk out quoting lines of dialog, it will not be because you admire them. Votes: 0
People never think of themselves as choosing to be politically correct. They simply think in the way that they do. Votes: 0
People read the papers not in the hopes of learning something new, but in the expectation of being told what they already know. This is a form of living death. Its apotheosis is the daily poll in USA Today, which informs us what percentage of a small number of unscientifically selected people called a toll number to vote on questions that cannot possibly be responded to with a yes or no. Votes: 0
Political correctness is the fascism of the 90's, it is this rigid feeling that you have to keep your ideas and your way of looking at things within very narrow boundaries or else you'll offend someone. Certainly one of the purposes of journalism is to challenge just that way of thinking, and certainly one of the purposes of criticism is to break boundaries, that's also one of the purposes of art. Votes: 0
Since any reasonable person would choose a Mac over a PC, Apple's market share provides us with an accurate reading of the percentage of reasonable people in our society. Votes: 0
Skateboarding is forever, and things like college and girls only ruin an endlessly savored adolescence. Votes: 0
Some movies run off the rails. This one is like the train crash in The Fugitive. I watched it in mounting gloom, realizing I was witnessing something historic, a film that for decades to come will be the punch line of jokes about bad movies. Votes: 0
Someone once said the fundamental reason we get married is because have a universal human need for a witness. Votes: 0
Sometimes two people will regard each other over a gulf too wide to ever be bridged, and know immediately what could have happened, and that it never will. Votes: 0
Sometimes you only need to have a few words with a person to know you would like to have many more. Votes: 0
Start. Don't look back. If at the end it doesn't meet your hopes, start again. Now you know more about your hopes. Votes: 0
Steve Coogan picks up enough to lecture an interviewer: This is a postmodern novel before there was any modernism to be post about. Later it's claimed that Tristram Shandy was No. 8 on the Observer's list of the greatest novels, which cheers everyone until they discover the list was chronological. Votes: 0
Teenagers used to go to the movies to see adults having sex. Today adults go to the movies to see teenagers having sex. Votes: 0
The ability of so many people to live comfortably with the idea of capital punishment is perhaps a clue to how so many Europeans were able to live with the idea of the Holocaust: Once you accept the notion that the state has the right to kill someone and the right to define what is a capital crime, aren't you halfway there? Votes: 0
The children of Birmingham did not really die in the State of Alabama, however, because Alabama is a state of mind, and in the minds of the [white] men who rule Alabama, those children had never lived [...] their blood is on so many hands, that history will weep in the telling...and it is not new blood. It is old, so very old. Votes: 0
The film argues to the young that the old were young once, too, and contain within them all that the young know, and more. Votes: 0
The genius is not in how much Stanley Kubrick does in "2001: A Space Odyssey,'' but in how little. This is the work of an artist so sublimely confident that he doesn't include a single shot simply to keep our attention. He reduces each scene to its essence, and leaves it on screen long enough for us to contemplate it, to inhabit it in our imaginations. Alone among science-fiction movies, "2001'' is not concerned with thrilling us, but with inspiring our awe. Votes: 0
The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented. The laws of chance suggest that something should have gone right. Not here. It puts a nail in the coffin of low-rent 3D, but it will need a lot more coffins than that. Votes: 0
The movie cheerfully offends all civilized notions of taste, decorum, manners and hygiene... is the movie vulgar? Vulgarity is when we don't laugh. When we laugh, it's merely human nature. Votes: 0
The movie Ed Wood, about the worst director of all time, was made to prepare us for Stargate. Votes: 0
The purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize with other people... For me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy. Votes: 0
The screenplay is so well-written in a scruffy, fanzine way that you want to rub noses in it - the noses of those zombie writers who take 'screenwriting' classes that teach them the formulas for 'hit films.' Votes: 0
There are few lonelier sights than a good comedian being funny in a movie that doesn't know what funny is. Votes: 0
There are no guarantees. But there is also nothing to fear. We come from oblivion when we are born. We return to oblivion when we die. The astonishing thing is this period of in-between. Votes: 0
There are often lists of the great living male movie stars. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. Votes: 0
There are two things you can't argue in film: comedy and eroticism. If something doesn't make you laugh, no one can tell you why it's funny, and it's difficult to reason someone out of an erection. Votes: 0
There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think? Votes: 0
To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes. It's a crummy secret, about one step up the ladder of narrative originality from It Was All a Dream. It's so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don't know the secret anymore. And then keep on rewinding, and rewinding, until we're back at the beginning, and can get up from our seats and walk backward out of the theater and go down the up escalator and watch the money spring from the cash register into our pockets. Votes: 0
To die is one thing. How much worse to know that all the life that ever existed on this planet, and all it ever achieved, was to be obliterated? Votes: 0
To know me is to love me. This cliche is popular for a reason, because most of us, I imagine, believe deep in our hearts that if anyone truly got to know us, they'd truly get to love us - or at least know why we're the way we are. The problem in life, maybe the central problem, is that so few people ever seem to have sufficient curiosity to do the job on us that we know we deserve. Votes: 0
Under no circumstances will I ever purchase anything offered to me as the result of an unsolicited e-mail message. Nor will I forward chain letters, petitions, mass mailings, or virus warnings to large numbers of others. This is my contribution to the survival of the online community. Votes: 0
Vincent Gallo has put a curse on my colon and a hex on my prostate. He called me a 'fat pig' in the New York Post and told the New York Observer I have 'the physique of a slave-trader.' He is angry at me because I said his 'The Brown Bunny' was the worst movie in the history of the Cannes Film Festival... it is true that I am fat, but one day I will be thin, and he will still be the director of 'The Brown Bunny.' Votes: 0
We all are born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people. And for me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy. It lets you understand a little bit more about different hopes, aspirations, dreams and fears. It helps us to identify with the people who are sharing this journey with us. Votes: 0
We are born into a box of time and space. We use words and communication to break out of it and to reach out to others. Votes: 0
We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds. Votes: 0
We laugh, that we may not cry, Votes: 0
We must try to contribute joy to the world. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out. Votes: 0
We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. Votes: 0
When a girl says she likes you as a friend, what she means is: "Rather than have sex with you, I would prefer to lose you as a friend." Votes: 0
When I am writing my problems become invisible and I am the same person I always was. All is well. I am as I should be. Votes: 0
When I go to the movies, one of my strongest desires is to be shown something new. I want to go to new places, meet new people, have new experiences. When I see Hollywood formulas mindlessly repeated, a little something dies inside of me: I have lost two hours to boors who insist on telling me stories I have heard before. Votes: 0
When I write, I fall into the zone many writers, painters, musicians, athletes, and craftsmen of all sorts seem to share: In doing something I enjoy and am expert at, deliberate thought falls aside and it is all just THERE. I think of the next word no more than the composer thinks of the next note. Votes: 0
When we go to the movies, we identify with the characters we see. That's why we go to the movies; we have a voyeuristic experience; we have an out of the body experience. The screen is more real than our thoughts are at the moment we are looking at the film and we place ourselves in the place of the people on the screen, and when they behave nobly, it makes us feel noble, when they are sad and when they have lost love, we feel sad; we can identify with that. Votes: 0
While I am usually in despair when a movie abandons its plot for a third act given over entirely to action, I have no problem with the way Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ends, because it has been pointing toward this ending, hinting about it, preparing us for it, all the way through. What a glorious movie. Votes: 0
Yes, I was fat, but I dealt with it by simply never thinking about it. It is useful, when you are fat, to have a lot of other things to think about. Votes: 0


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There have been a lot of legal changes occurring in the world of marijuana distribution. On a state-level, the substance is completely legal. However, this isn't the case, federally. Due to varying state and federal laws, many cannabis growers have chosen to set up shop in massive indoor warehouses. Cultivating cannabis indoors brings a higher level of control and security to the operation, but it also creates limited space and storage problems.
If you are utilizing a large indoor location for your cannabis operation, a mezzanine can help you better utilize your space. Also known as equipment platforms, mezzanines are affordable ways to increase storage or production by capitalizing on the unused vertical space in your building.
For example, if you are working with a 50,000 sq ft location, adding one mezzanine that is 1/3 the size of the warehouse would increase your available growing space to 65,000 sq ft. That's incredible!
There are four different types of mezzanines available. In this article, we will discuss these types and how they can benefit your cannabis business.
Free Standing Mezzanine
These types of mezzanines are also known in the industry as structural, steel, or wide-span. One of the best characteristics of freestanding mezzanines is that they are very easy to put up and take down. These structures are flexible and adaptable to their surroundings.
This type of mezzanine is great for product storage and allows you to safely keep your cannabis clean, fresh, and off the ground. The structure also offers great staging areas as well as conveyor and modular office support. Due to being capital equipment, freestanding mezzanines can be depreciated in value over shorter terms which can lead to some great tax benefits for your cannabis empire.
Summary – Freestanding mezzanines are extremely adaptable to their surroundings and offer business tax benefits.
Stainless Steel Platform
This type of mezzanine is perfect for food and beverage businesses. Cannabis is a consumable substance so having a food-grade, stainless steel mezzanine is ideal for keeping your product uncompromised.
Stainless steel mezzanines feature closed-shape framing which minimizes catch points for bacteria, making them ideal for food applications. As with free standing mezzanines, bolted connections allow for fast and easy installation, which means your cannabis cultivation operation won't be down for long. You'll be up and running again, quickly.
You'll be happy to know that stainless steel mezzanines meet all USDA, FDA, and AIB auditing food grade requirements.
Summary – Stainless steel mezzanines are USDA, FDA, and AIB food-grade structures that are pre-manufactured for quick installation.
Modular Office Supported Mezzanine
Unlike its freestanding cousin, building supported mezzanines rely on the building structure, itself. If your cannabis business is based in a warehouse or space that has an uncompromised foundation, it should be able to withstand the additional weight of a modular office supported mezzanine.
A great aspect of this type of structure is that it combines a modular office and a mezzanine all in one, adding even more storage, work and/or office space for your cannabis operation.
Summary – Building supported mezzanines combine the best of both worlds by combining a modular office, with a mezzanine on top, to provide additional work or office space.
Shelving Supported Mezzanines
These types of mezzanines are shelving supported. The shelving units themselves act as the support for the mezzanine. If you are looking for additional storage space, the shelving units provide additional storage space underneath the mezzanine, helping you utilize every inch of your warehouse.
Catwalks can be installed to make production easier and more convenient.
Summary – Shelving supported mezzanines increase storage space within your building.
Benefits of Mezzanines
Each type of mezzanine listed above brings beneficial components to your cannabis business. The goal is to help your operation run as smoothly as possible while allowing you to utilize every inch of space available in your building.
Space Expansion
- Customizable: No matter the size of your building, steel mezzanines can be made to accommodate the specific area, height, color and load requirements.
- Added Space: Steel mezzanines can actually double the space within your environment which increases production efficiency. This eliminates the need for you to lease more space or expand your facility.
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…for the changes that are rushing our way? Are we settled to knowing that the world that we are leaving for your children to inherit is a safe and a clean home for them to build their future and their children's future in? Or are we mostly living in denial?
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Day 28~ March 28th~ Egypt
The impressive mortuary temple built for Queen Hatshepsut, the 18th dynasty female Pharaoh stands as the evidence of Egypt's influence on today's classical architecture styles. This pharaoh was known for her great power and dominion over both upper and lower Egypt and was said to reign for over 22 years.
The original name of the mortuary temple is Djeser-Djeseru (holy of holies) and it is entirely dedicated to the birth and life of the queen to whom it was dedicated.
Legends of Queen Hatshepsut's great ambition as a ruler and the later destruction and desecration of her statues leave much to ponder about her intentions as a ruler of Egypt. The sense I got standing at the temple near Deir el Bahari is that of cloudy oppression.
Day 25~ March 25th~ Egypt
The Colossi of Memnon are shrouded with mystery and lore. One of these 2 massive 18 meter statues is known since ancient history to 'sing' at dawn. It is supposed to emanate a sound like the string of a lyre breaking at the early morning hours. The phenomenon was first reported by the Greek historian Strabo who claims to have personally heard it around the year 20BC. These statues stand marking the entrance to Amenhotep's temple and are said to depict his person.
The strangest thing to me about these statue and other megalithic sites I have seen in Europe (Carnac, Avebury, Stonehenge) is the fact that the stones that made them were firstly incredibly massive and secondly, they were transported across long distances in ways that we still do not comprehend. We always assumed that the ancients were inferior to us with their lack of technological know-how, but were they really? The large one-piece stones for these statues were quarried about 420 miles (675 km) away from where they stand and were moved to Thebes where they have been for at least the last 3400 years. This is a massive undertaking that amazes me and forces me think that we know so little about Egypt.
The more we find out about history the less we actually know…
The Great Sphinx in the Giza plateau, original purpose unknown, original name unknown, actual construction date unknown, and despite all that, one of the largest and oldest statues in the world stands proudly looking at us, impressing us and challenging us to find out more. It is so daunting to look at that I am not surprised the arabs call it "Abū al Hūl", (father of terror).
No matter how much we know about history, how much information we have gathered, and how certain we are about our theories, the largest part of the puzzle remains unsolved, and yet it begs our investigation.
Day 13~ March 13th~ Egypt
Have you ever wondered why entities that aim to exercise power over us are always large, imposing, overwhelming? Government buildings, houses of religion, temples, Egypt…
The first thing that I registered when looking at Egyptian art is how large everything is, how oppressively daunting it is. The first reaction is to feel small in the face of it, and less significant. But isn't the human significance and power more concentrated in the smaller worlds? Isn't the whole universal power coded in every cell of the human body and just waiting to be activated to its highest potential by personal development?
Just a ponder along the way…
Day 6~ March 6th~ Egypt
There is something so entirely remarkable about the statues and the art you see from ancient Egypt. Putting aside any feelings of eeriness and discomfort, the art feels somehow, yes, alive. It radiates, it vibrates, it holds your gaze, it stirs deeply…
And after doing all of that, it makes you think, question, dwell and contemplate. Someone once put out the rather obvious but profound observation that can be easily missed: "Why are teeth never shown in ancien Egypt? What is that all about?"
The seated statues of Nofret (Nefret) and Ra-Hotep (noble prince and Pharaoh's son and princess) from the 4th Dynasty of Egypt were photographed in the Cairo museum, they stand about 1.2 meters high and are remarkably well preserved. The light on Nefret's face is from a passing by guide's flashlight.
Day 3~ March 3rd~ Egypt
While searching and researching inside the realms of Ancient Egypt, the unseen comes into focus as the seen gradually gets blurred…
The ancient Egyptians believed that each person hosted in themselves a double, an electrical entity that ushered and guided them towards their true destiny. They called it the Ka. Their Ka was to live beyond the death of their physical bodies and mummifications served as preparations for homes that the Ka would one day return to inhabit.
Their lives were lived in great discipline as to remain pure and adhere to purpose because any deviation from purpose was an abomination of the Ka.
What was most haunting for me standing in front of this statue was the look in its eyes. It was the kind of look that can take you on a journey, far beyond where you would normally be.
Day Three~ February 3rd~ Lebanon
"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain." Khalil Gibran
Designed by the Italian sculptor Renato Marino Mazzacurati and placed in downtown Beirut in 1960, this statue stands witness to the horrors of the civil war in Lebanon with its many bullet holes that are left as a reminder of what has been. On this very square a revolt against the occupying Turks resulted in the hanging of some of Lebanon's best intelectual figures in 1916.
War, pain and struggle have had a permanent home in Lebanon throughout history and when you hear that you would expect to meet sad and broken people. But somehow Lebanese people come out on the other side of the spectrum, the joyful side. Love of life rules the day and happiness bubbles in their hearts and explodes in their faces transforming them into smiling phoenixes that rise again and again from the ashes of disaster.
There is a magical way about Lebanese people that can simply make you addicted to them, to the country, to the land, and to their bright faces.


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The Auto Rigger should automate the rigging process described above, so that humanoid 3D models are automatically rigged. The Auto Rigger will later become part of a 3D scanning pipeline for people. It ensures that a the 3D model of a person can be controlled.
This project is sponsored by: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the project number 16SV8182 and 13FH022IX6. Project names: HIVE-Lab and Interactive body-near production technology 4.0 (German: Interaktive körpernahe Produktionstechnik 4.0 (iKPT4.0)).
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TTD Karthika Deepotsavam on 13 December 2016.. The hill shrine of Tirumala will be observing the festival of lights on the auspicious Pournami day in the holy month of Karthigai on December 13, where in dazzling lights of ghee lit lamps a part of Karthika Parva Deepotsavam in the bright full moon night.
Among the list of important Hindu festivals, Karthika Parva Deepotsavams also happens to be the one, especially during Karthika month. The occurrence of this festival takes place when the moon is in juxtaposition with the constellation Karthika and Pournami.
Every temple, house hold is being lighted with lamps as it is believed that the ghee lit lamps protects against evil forces and guide the humanity towards prosperity and joy.
The entire temple premises starting from Main Entrance – Mahadwaram to Sanctum sanctorum- the Garbha Griham, Sub-Shrines etc. in and around Tirumala temple will be lighted with a 100 ghee lit mud pot lamps which are exclusively prepared for the purpose known as "Moookullu". The temple assumes additional beauty in the brightness of ghee lit lamps.
TTD has cancelled Vasanthotsavam and Sahasra Deepalankara Seva in connection with this festival on Tuesday.
The temple will be decorated with ghee lit lamps in mud pots called Mukullu specially made for this purpose.
It will be a visual treat to see the glow of the shrine in the pleasant full moon night in the natural brightness of the lamps.
TTD has also cancelled Pournami Garuda Seva following this festival.
Meanwhile this festival of lights will take place in Tirumala temple between 5pm and 7pm on December 13.


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As much as the city of Paris or New York, London also has its share of romance. You already know where you want to sleep but do not know any romantic activities to do? The article is made for you. Through this article you will discover the different romantic activities in London.
Romantic activities in London: Romantic walks in the parks
If the sun comes out in the morning, you can walk hand in hand with your loved one. To begin, you can take a walk in the Japanese garden of Kyoto. It is located in Holland Park. This space is very popular with lovers. It is beautiful during the summer and spring seasons, when all the flowers have hatched. You can enjoy a peaceful atmosphere, the water of the waterfall and koi carp in the basin. You may be able to meet a peacock or two, during the ride, they are at liberty.
You could then walk to the Chelsea Botanical Garden, located at the other end of the Thames. It is the oldest botanical garden in the city, originally created as a training center for apothecaries. It includes more than 5,000 different species of plants. Walk around and try to recognize each different species.
Finally, you can also visit the St. Katherine docks in Chelsea, it's not really a park. You will find an atmosphere similar to the navy and the Thames, there are shops as well as pubs and restaurants. If you want to take a stroll in another space, there are many places in London that will make you forget the atmosphere of such a big city in order to spend unforgettable romantic activities in London.
London Romantic Activities: A romantic dinner
A tête-à-tête dinner is certainly one of London's most romantic couple activities to do even though it's also one of the most classic. There are many restaurants that meet these criteria, including the Clos Maggiore. It is located in the Westminster district and deserves its status as the most romantic restaurant in the city. You can enjoy a table in the paneled room or in the winter garden. The atmosphere of romance is created by the presence of synthetic trees in bloom, bright lights, mirrors and candles. You will not be aware of the people around you when you eat dishes inspired by Provencal cuisine. The restaurant provides a menu of more than 2,500 wine proposals.
If your temperament is much more daring, prefer to go to the restaurant called "In the Black". You will enjoy your entire meal in complete darkness, without knowing what you have on your plate. However, you will have the advantage of being able to choose between different surprise menus. This experience focuses more on the taste, smell and texture of foods. You will be brought to your table by a waiter who will tell you where to sit. "In the Black" offers an incredibly unusual experience.
Finally, you can also turn to a more traditional restaurant but as breathtaking: the "Aquar Sard". Located on the top floor of a gigantic tower, you can admire a breathtaking view of the city while enjoying an excellent menu. Make yourself comfortable by the windows of the restaurant and marvel at all the lights of Southwark and all of London.
London in love from the sky
London has many activities for lovers. You can rent a helicopter to fly over the city in love. This company offers you to choose the destination and the date of your flight, it will take care of the entire appointment. You can also choose to go for a balloon ride. Have you ever thought of floating in the air, hand in hand, with your beloved? You will have the opportunity to realize this experience in the city of London. Whether you prefer morning or evening, this balloon ride will be an unforgettable moment. You will be able to admire the most famous attractions of the city from above and you will find yourself in the clouds with the person you love. In short, now you know what romantic activities in London you can do with your other half!
A romantic show
As for the theater, London offers many shows. There is a multitude of different shows, it is certain that you will find the one that suits you best. If you enjoy ballet performances, you can visit Covent Garden's Royal Opera House. It is the largest ballet company in the whole of England and is known around the world for its outstanding performance. And if the weather is not great, you can take refuge in Piazza. This is a space in which you can admire street artists, in full work.
If you prefer music to the theater, you can head to West End. This place includes many musical shows like Les Misérables, Cats, Stomp, White doves and naughty gentlemen or Wicked. Choose a show that suits you both.
You can also visit the Globe Theater, a place you should not miss when you leave for a few days in the city of London. This space is in the open air and receives the first performances of many plays of Shakespeare. If you are a fan of this artist or if you prefer more modern pieces, you will certainly find a show that will suit you among the countless performances that take place in the city of London.


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Monday, 4 April 2011
Roller derby love
Ahh, roller derby. How I love you so.
I'd been planning to write a intro to roller derby, but saw that my lovely friend (and fellow roller girl) Stitches had pipped me to the post & written a lovely, eloquent description, complete with video tutorial. Amazing. I highly recommend you check it out here - Stitches blog - otherwise, you might not have a clue what I'm talking about.
Roller derby is by FAR the hardest thing that I've ever done. Not only is it physically tough (& it is. It apparently burns over 2000 calories in a two hour session?!) but it requires so much mental strength to pick yourself up, brush yourself down and keep going.
I started WAY back in April 2010, going to a fresh meat session with the Auld Reekie Roller Girls after watching them bout on Valentine's day (this was after a drunken afternoon picnic, which probably explains why I felt brave enough to sign up!). At fresh meat, all strapped up (into safety gear) and ready to go, I found that I couldn't even stand up on skates. Even a few weeks later when I had my own I was extremely wobbly and nervous for the first 20 minutes of each session. But something kept making me come back, getting up early (by my standards, hah!) on a Sunday to trek to Niddry for practice, and fall over for two hours.
Not long after I started skating I also took part in the Moonwalk, and strained a tendon in my foot which meant I couldn't walk without a limp for two months (never mind skate), so when I returned I was back to the beginning, with a new group of people that I didn't know. A month after that, it was the Edinburgh Festival & life/work/friends took over my derby time. I went back in September, and was horrendously unfit, but made new friends, tried my minimums for the first time, failed, but kept going back. I had the worst attendance record ever, but I was still hooked.
Then, at the end of last year, Craig & I went on a mammoth four-week trip to New Zealand, so I missed even more practice & then when I was finally back in the UK in December, I lost my nerve. I dressed it up as being too busy over Christmas/being busy with my new job, but realistically I was scared. It had been too long since I had been skating, so I was remembering the scary bits & the tough bits, and not paying any attention to the parts that made it worthwhile - the lovely, lovely people & the wonderful feeling of getting a hit right, or increasing your speed - just skating.
So, with the help of my derby friends (who I'd been ignoring due to derby guilt/jealousy), I came back. And it was SO SCARY. But I remembered how to do everything. I was slower at first and not as strong, but I'm getting better. & yesterday I took part in my second set of minimums.. I don't know how I did yet, but it felt good. I am making progress.
It's hard keeping myself motivated sometimes, when I feel like I've been a fresh meat forever. But that's okay. Even if I don't pass this time, I will soon. I'm pushing myself more than I have before. That's good enough for me.
NOW. As you have read my gushing love for ARRG, you should probably come see them. Yes? It's on April 16th, at Meadowbank. You can buy tickets here.
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Totally with you on this one :-) People find it weird when I'm like oh, kind of sore from skating and ask why I keep going back. They don't seem to understand it at all.ReplyDelete
I'm sure you did better than you think on Sunday.
Thanks Kirds! Only got laps still to do... xReplyDelete
I totally agree with you. A scraped knee or a bruise now and then won't stop me from returning to the rink for another round!ReplyDelete
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Nutella Swirled Pumpkin Pie
Take your classic pumpkin pie and give it a little upgrade with decadent swirls of rich nutella. Plus, tips for the best pumpkin pie you've ever made, whether you go classic or try this nutella swirled pumpkin pie.
Oh, hey. Did you realize that Thanksgiving is next week? It sure snuck up on me this year! Do you know what you're making?
If you don't have your dessert menu set yet, I highly encourage you to switch up your normal pumpkin pie with this nutella swirled pumpkin pie.
That's right. A classic, spicy pumpkin pie… swirled with decadent nutella.
I know you guys love the pumpkin and nutella combination. I probably get more emails/texts/facebook comments about my Nutella Swirled Pumpkin Bread than any other fall recipe.
So why not take that delicious, winning combination and transfer it to your holiday pumpkin pie? Nutella swirled pumpkin pie, to be exact.
"But wait!" you might be saying. "I'm a traditionalist! I can't mess with pumpkin pie!" I hear you. Really, I do.
That's why this is 95% classic pumpkin pie… 5% swirled nutella. (Okay, I didn't do the math. It might be more like 85%/15%).
This is a pumpkin pie with just a hint of nutella. Trust me on this. I love pumpkin pie. I do not love chocolate. And I loved this nutella swirled pumpkin pie.
(If, like my husband, you don't really like pumpkin pie, the swirl of nutella will not win you over. In that case, save the pumpkin pie for me and make yourself this Flourless Gooey Chocolate Brownie Pie for Thanksgiving. You're welcome.)
How to Make a Perfect Pumpkin Pie
I've made a couple (dozens? hundreds?) of pies in my life, so let me share a few of my favorite secrets for a perfect pumpkin pie:
- Blind bake your crust. This is pretty easy, and definitely helps prevent your crust from getting too soggy. Your pie crust will be perfectly crisp and flaky, and your pumpkin pie won't be overcooked. (Note that this is not necessary for all pies, but I highly recommend it for pumpkin pie!)
- Use sweetened condensed milk. Pumpkin pie recipes tend to fall into two categories: sweetened condensed milk or brown sugar and heavy cream. Both are delicious, but the former is definitely prettier: I've found that pies made with the condensed milk don't crack the same way the heavy cream/brown sugar mixture pies do. Now, in this particular case, you'll see some cracks do appear along the nutella swirls; that's a factor of mixing in the nutella, which is a different density than the rest of the pie. But should you opt to omit the nutella part, this is still my favorite pumpkin pie recipe – and it will give you a gorgeous, uncracked, smooth surface!
- For a super smooth pumpkin pie, mix ingredients in a food processor. You'll see I don't actually do this — I like pumpkin pie just fine without it. But if you want the smoothest, creamiest, practically drink-through-a-straw kind of custard, give everything a whirl in the food processor instead of whisking.
- Take the temperature of your pie to determine doneness. Don't mess around with a knife inserted into the pie one inch from the crust, or jiggle. Just trust science: an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the pie should read 175 °F. Science never lies, people.
How to Make Nutella Swirled Pumpkin Pie
Great, so we're all squared away on how to make a perfect pumpkin pie. How do we upgrade this to a nutella swirled pumpkin pie? Easy peasy!
Heat half a cup of Nutella in the microwave, just to soften it up so it's easy to swirl. Dollop it on top of the pie and spread it around with a knife. I like to stick the knife straight down into the pie and swirl in an S pattern in both directions. That's it!
(And if you don't like nutella, feel free to skip – or replace with something else. Would a cashew butter pumpkin pie work? I think it would indeed!)
Now go forth and make your nutella swirled pumpkin pie. Just don't forget to invite me over to your house for a slice, please and thank you!
More Nutella Desserts:
- Nutella Bundt Cake
- No Bake Nutella Pie
- Nutella Swirl Cupcakes
- Nutella Pumpkin Bread
- Banana Nutella Cake
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Nutella Swirled Pumpkin Pie
Take your classic pumpkin pie and give it a little upgrade with decadent swirls of rich nutella.
- 1 unbaked No Fail Pie Crust*
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 large egg
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup nutella
- Preheat oven to 425 °F.
- Fit pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate and crimp the edges. Poke the bottom of the pie crust several times with a fork. Place the pie plate in the freezer for 10 minutes to allow the dough to firm up.
- Place pie weights (or dried beans, etc) in the pie crust and bake for 15 minutes, until the crust just starts to brown. Remove the pie weights and bake an additional 10 minutes to fully cook the bottom of the crust. Remove the pie crust from the oven and allow the crust to start to cool.
- Reduce the oven temperature to 325 °F.
- Whisk together the pumpkin puree, egg yolk, and egg in a large bowl until smooth. Add in the sweetened condensed milk and spices, continuing to whisk until completely combined. Pour pie batter into the blind baked crust, reserving about half a cup of the batter in the bowl.
- Heat the nutella in the microwave for 20-30 seconds, until easy to stir with a spoon. Scoop the nutella into the bowl with the remaining batter and mix to combine. Dollop tablespoons of the nutella mixture onto the surface of the pie, swirling gently with a knife.
- Cover the edges of the crust with a pie shield or tented aluminum foil. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until an instant read thermometer inserted into the center of the pie reads 175 °F. Cool completely before slicing and serving.
*Use this pie crust for a gluten free pie.
Pumpkin pie recipe adapted from allrecipes.com
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The Melbourne Storm celebrated Cam Smith's 300th game in style, turning round a four game losing streak to smash the Panthers 52-10 at AAMI Park. Here are five things we learned from the encounter.
Nervous Storm lift for Smith's 300th
Young Panthers' belief tested
Slippery halves panthers
The Storm made no secret of their plan to go after the Penrith halves on Friday night and it paid dividends. Jamie Soward and Peter Wallace missed a combined 13 tackles between them, the Storm side missed just 14 all up. It is a glaring issue for Ivan Cleary as the pair missed 12 tackles the previous week against the Roosters. They haven't been the only culprits though with the side missing 90 tackles over the past fortnight and they rank second last in the competition, it is a worrying trend for the Panthers.
Panthers attack
It was another impotent night in attack for Penrith who mustered just two tries on the night. It is the ninth time in 17 games this season that the Panthers have failed to score more than 12 points in a game. They also committed 12 errors and did not complete a set until the 13th minute. Waqa Blake scored their first try on the hour mark and Tyron Peachey crossed shortly after in what was their only meaningful five minutes of the match. Their cause certainly was not helped prior to the match with Dallin Watene Zelezniak, David Simmons and Sika Manu all pulling out of the side.
Some Marika Magic, Yet again
When a team scores 10 tries from seven different try scorers you can bet there will be highlights a plenty. Unsurprisingly, it was the human highlight reel Marika Koroibete who stole the show with a first half try that was up there with his already impressive efforts this season. The Fijian caught a Jamie Soward high ball, landed like a cat then set on a 95 metre run down the AAMI Park sideline to score, even throwing in a stiff arm on Will Smith for good measure. His double on Friday night takes his season tally to 11 and counting with no telling what other tricks the winger could pull out before the year is out.
Storm rediscover their attack
During their four game winless run Melbourne had been left to lament their dismal attack that had produced an average of just 13 points per game during that stretch. However on Friday night they rediscovered their mojo in no uncertain terms. The Storm ran in 10 tries through seven different try scorers. Following last week's loss to the Warriors Cameron Smith lamented a lack of bodies willing to put their hand up at the attacking end but he was left a much happier man after his 300th game.
"[Our attack] is something we addressed after the Warriors game, we sat down and believed that not everyone was fully committed to the game plan and what we were trying to do out there with the football," Smith said.
"It is no secret we haven't scored a lot of points over the last month but I think tonight you saw a committed football team when we had the football in our hands.
"Guys were back to running hard like we were at the start of the year and our support was fantastic," Smith said.
Cronk puts on a clinic then puts the knee on ice
You would be forgiven for thinking Cooper Cronk brought his own footy for the first half on Friday night. The star halfback had two tries, two assists, a line break and a 40-20 kick all inside the opening 40 minutes. However it was also in that time that Cronk appeared to slip trying to receive a kickoff and got up gingerly on his troublesome knee. It was just Cronk's second game back from the knee injury that sidelined him for three games. Given they lost all three of those games the Storm will be praying Friday night was just a scare as there is no denying his teammates seem to grow another leg when Cronk pulls on the No.7.