#act

During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#away #character #done #during #i

A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#before #future #man #observes #occurs

Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the more complex character isn't the woman. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#character #complex #complex character #i #interesting

I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#box #box office #exactly #gamble #grant

I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#exactly #i #know #tough #want

There is something very satisfactory about being in the middle of something. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#being #middle #satisfactory #something #very

I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity. ↗