#act

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#abraham lincoln #carry #certain #characters #childhood

If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work. ↗

— Peter Fonda

#direct #director #ego #energy #enough

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#bargain #mutual #only #repeated #satisfaction

My actual intake of different substances was far below what people thought it was, no matter how weird or outrageous they think I am. ↗

— Peter Fonda

#am #below #different #far #how

The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#because #brain #coarse #connections #dog

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#credit #driver #executive #first-rate #more

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action. ↗

— Shelby Foote

#difficulty #find #how #i #killed

The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#function #intellect #life #may #means

I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#any #anyone #cannot #chief #chief executive

When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line. ↗

— Faith Ford

#cheerleader #dance #high #high school #i