All great work is preparing ...

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.
All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.
 Sidney Lumet

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton

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For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.
 Sidney Lumet
The nature of the work is to prepare for a good accident .
 Sidney Lumet
Don't let the difficulty of actually achieving a shot make you think that the shot is good.
 Sidney Lumet
There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie crashing down around my head many months later.
 Sidney Lumet