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  • Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting him to this world's life

    William James (2014). “Talks to Teachers on Psychology; And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals”, p.22, BookRix
  • Adapting a book is essentially a collaboration, whether the author is alive or dead.

    "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: James Franco and Pamela Romanowsky on Drugs, S&M, and The Adderall Diaries". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.esquire.com. April 13, 2016.
  • Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent.

    Nolan Ryan, Skip Bayless, Tom House (1991). “Nolan Ryan's Pitcher's Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Power, Precision, and Long-Term Performance”, p.30, Simon and Schuster
  • The first day of the rest of my life.

    Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 2, 6-Book Bundle: 61 Hours, Worth Dying For, The Affair, A Wanted Man, Never Go Back, Personal”, p.633, Delacorte Press
  • I wanted to grow in terms of making pictures, not adapting to new software and technology. But that's the game now.

    Technology   Games   Term  
    Source: aphotoeditor.com
  • I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was absolutely childish of me, but I thought, 'I should be doing that. They didn't even ask me.' Some mistake, surely.

    Mistake   Emma   Crosses  
  • I simply asked if I could have a go at adapting a screenplay. But I did not want any money, in case I failed because I did not want a script out there with my name on it that might be completely dysfunctional.

    Names   Want   Might  
    Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.
  • Universal love is the standard-sized socket that everyone can plug into. No adapting mechanism required.

  • By the time I was doing "Kill Bill," it was so much filled with prose that, you know, I start seeing why people write a screenplay and make it more like a blueprint, because basically I had written - in "Kill Bill," I had basically written a novel, and basically every day I was adapting my novel to the screen on the fly, you know, on my feet.

    Writing   Feet   People  
    "Quentin Tarantino: 'Inglourious' Child Of Cinema". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 28, 2009.
  • . . usually, the biggest problems of adapting plays into screenplays is that they stick too close to the play, and I think film is a completely different medium. I think a novel is much closer to a film.

  • My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!

    Advice   Looks   Novel  
  • From my personal taste, it needed more of a visual style. It's so hard when you're adapting something that's so visually scrumptious like Mike Oeming's drawings. They're so unique to comics, but they're a voice.

    Unique   Voice   Drawing  
    "Jessica Jones’ creator on the biggest change from comics to her Netflix show". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. June 29, 2016.
  • If a man has wealth, he has to make a choice, because there is the money heaping up. He can keep it together in a bunch, and then leave it for others to administer after he is dead. Or he can get it into action and have fun, while he is still alive. I prefer getting it into action and adapting it to human needs, and making the plan work.

    Fun   Men   Choices  
  • But in practice master plans fail - because they create totalitarian order, not organic order. They are too rigid; they cannot easily adapt to the natural and unpredictable changes that inevitably arise in the life of a community.

    Christopher Alexander (1975). “The Oregon Experiment”, p.18, Oxford University Press, USA
  • Jamestown was a very small town and I was thrilled to be there. It was interesting at first be adapting to the pro ball life style of being on the road alot and having a game almost every day but once I got use to it everything felt right.

  • John Hall, my geography teacher at school inspired me to a lifelong interest in geography and a curiosity about our world which has stayed with me through my life. Geography is a living, breathing subject, constantly adapting itself to change. It is dynamic and relevant. For me geography is a great adventure with a purpose.

  • Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II.

    War   President   World  
  • The pathfinders of modern thought did not derive what is good from the law. ... Their role in history was not that of adapting their words and actions to the text of old documents or generally accepted doctrines: they themselves created the documents and brought about the acceptance of their doctrines.

    Acceptance   Law   Roles  
    Max Horkheimer (2013). “Eclipse of Reason”, p.22, A&C Black
  • There is nothing permanent except change.

  • To tell you the truth, I'm not unhappy about it. I'm not even sure that I like the idea of adapting novels into films. It's very difficult to do, and it usually doesn't work. There are exceptions, but generally speaking, one feels disappointed with the result.

    Ideas   Unhappy   Film  
  • It's not like if I play in big places I won't be happy. But I don't want to start adapting to what's in style to make my music. I want to stay true to my roots, to keep making the music I love, that comes from my soul. And if there are people who want to listen to it, I'm happy.

    Play   Roots   People  
  • Instead of constantly adapting to change, why not change to be adaptive?

  • People want what’s best for them, and they can switch on a dime, because there’s always a new disruptor disrupting the last disruptor. So companies should just strive to keep changing and adapting to their customers’ needs.

    People   Needs   Dimes  
  • I optioned a book called "Rare Objects" by Kathleen Tessaro and I'm adapting it . It takes place in the 1930s and it's about two women and that's what I'm working on to direct.

    Book   Two   1930s  
    Source: www.businessinsider.com
  • So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.

    Book   Writing   Blood  
    Interview with Josh Modell, www.avclub.com. January 2, 2008.
  • Making a movie is like a chess game. It's about constantly changing patterns, adapting to new things. It's not just black and white, as you know.

    "New Again: Tom Cruise and Cameron Crowe". Interview with Jeff Oloizia, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 15, 2011.
  • Too often, nonprofits are viewed as rigid and bureaucratic - less nimble and capable of adapting in this fluid environment than our corporate counterparts. I don't agree.

    "The Dynamics of Change — A New Vision for a New Girl Scouting Century" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2013.
  • There are definitely recurring themes in humanity's relationship with our environment. The biggest is probably adaptation, because humans are incredibly good at adapting to new environments in relatively short periods of time. The ancestors of Homo sapiens started leaving Africa over one million years ago, moving from warm, tropical climates into the freezing wilderness of Europe and the desert ecosystems of the Middle East.

    Moving   Years   Europe  
    Source: therumpus.net
  • Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

    Change   Nature   Natural  
    HG Wells, Rudy Rucker, Colin Wilson (2013). “The Last Books of H.G. Wells: The Happy Turning: A Dream of Life & Mind at the End of its Tether”, p.54, Monkfish Book Publishing
  • Writing a film - more precisely, adapting a book into a film - is basically a relentless series of compromises. The skill, the "art," is to make those compromises both artistically valid and essentially your own. . . . It has been said before but is worth reiterating: writing a novel is like swimming in the sea; writing a film is like swimming in the bath.

    Art   Book   Writing  
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