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eric gustavo petersen | cinematographer
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my favorite stuff | and junk i like
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| From time to time I get asked, "what are my favorite films... artists... whatever...?". I figured the best thing to do is write it down, so here it is. | ||||||
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Some I think are great for the cinematography, some for the story and still others, I just plain like.To see my DVD collection, click here. |
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: : cinematographers i respect (or my personal pantheon): :
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: : anime : :
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: : my heroes and people i admire : :
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: : my Jeopardy! dream board categories : :
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: : favorite quotes : :
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| Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. - President Theodore Roosevelt | ||||||
| It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer. - President Theodore Roosevelt | ||||||
| Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. - President Theodore Roosevelt | ||||||
| Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. - Robert Evans, Film Producer & Author "The Kid Stays In The Picture" | ||||||
| Technical knowledge is not enought. One must transcent techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious. D.T. Suzuki | ||||||
| Luck is for rabbits... (from an investment banking commercial) | ||||||
| Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. - Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower | ||||||
| If a man does his best, what else is there? - General George S. Patton | ||||||
| The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. - Emile Zola | ||||||
| The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. - Kahlil Gibran | ||||||
| The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'. - unknown | ||||||
| One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield - the Buddha | ||||||
| The enemy of art is the lack of limitations - Orson Welles | ||||||
| The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. - Mark Twain | ||||||
| Enlightenment
is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the entire sky Are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. - Dogen |
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| Fire and Brimstone raining down from the sky! Years of darkness...Earthquakes, volcanoes! The Dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifices, dogs and cats living together, mass histeria! - from the movie Ghostbusters |
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| Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds. - Albert Einstein | ||||||
| Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein | ||||||
| My old life wasn't as glamorous as my webpage made it look. - Leela (Futurama) | ||||||
| I'd rather be a flop at show business than to be a success at something I didn't like. - George Burns | ||||||
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Talent is what a man possesses. Genius is what possesses a man. - Author Unknown |
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: : my little known pastime : :
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if you've read this far, I'm impressed
and you really should find better ways of spending your time! I'm a big fan of etymology. here are two of my favorites... |
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| Eric male personal name, from Old Norse Eirikr, literally "honored ruler", from Proto Germanic *aiza- "honor" + *rik- "ruler." Eriach \Er"i*ach\, Eric \Er"ic\, n. [Irish eiric.] (Old Irish Law) A recompense formerly given by a murderer to the relatives of the murdered person. |
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| etymology 1398, from Greek. etymologia, from etymon "true sense" (neut. of etymos "true," related to eteos "true") + logos "word." In classical times, of meanings; later, of histories. Latinized by Cicero as veriloquium. |
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nerdcore gravitas!!!
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