#whereas

Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days. ↗

— Eric Brown

#conscious #conscious thought #days #few #find

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#afterwards #battle #been #defeat #destined

I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame. ↗

— Jeff Buckley

#fame #father #his #i #me

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. ↗

— Lord Byron

#feathers #highly #men #nothing #quicker

Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you. You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#after #all day #audience #been #certain

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion. ↗

— Albert Camus

#deaths #dreadful #every #except #him

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#american idol #antithesis #even #famous #got

The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work. ↗

— Marion Cotillard

#actually #erase #first #first thing #french

In some movies you feel like you're a very small part of a huge machine. Whereas in the theater you can have a very small part, but you can still feel the weight and the gravity of it. Given the nature of theater, it's a more concentrated and quiet experience. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#experience #feel #given #gravity #huge

I think film and television are really a director's medium, whereas theatre is the actor's medium. ↗

— Christopher Eccleston

#director #film #i #i think #medium