#act

There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#been #data #engineering #fact #ideology

Yet in all those cases I finally steeled myself to seize the opportunity, and find a way to muddle through and eventually conclude that I had, in fact, chosen the right path, as risky as it seemed at the time. ↗

— Vinton Cerf

#chosen #conclude #eventually #fact #finally

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#away #fear #hope #more #reason

I need to decide whether to apply for college or delay it for a couple of years while I pursue some more acting projects. Right now I'm trying to sort things out, so I can make the right choices. ↗

— Lacey Chabert

#apply #choices #college #couple #decide

I was surprised that my wife thought it was a good idea, then again with my agent, another woman, then my editor, another woman - in spite of the fact that all three of them reacted positively I still have this fear. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#agent #another #another woman #editor #fact

Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#bed #before #begins #book #characters

They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't very stable ourselves. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#in fact #looking #ourselves #stable #very

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#difficult #important #know #personal #personal satisfaction

You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue. ↗

— Claude Chabrol

#fact #pigeon #sometimes #statue #you

You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were. ↗

— Claude Chabrol

#distract #film #help #interest #less