#action

I would love to play the Femme Fatale or an action role like Trinity in the Matrix or something like that. You know, a part with a lot of costume changes. ↗

— Josie Maran

#changes #costume #fatale #femme #femme fatale

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#aroused #astonish #deep #dreamed #dwell

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#comfortable #first #general #habits #know

There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#freedom #good #good things #life #things

But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#activity #architecture #behaviour #believe #change

So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#art #aspect #autonomy #aware #counter

Is it really so difficult to tell a good action from a bad one? I think one usually knows right away or a moment afterward, in a horrid flash of regret. ↗

— Mary McCarthy

#away #bad #bad one #difficult #flash

I'm very aware how many distractions the reader has in life today, how many good reasons there are to put the book down. ↗

— David McCullough

#book #distractions #down #good #how

With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his tracks in the war. When I got there, there was a certain satisfaction in finding I had it right - it does look like that. ↗

— David McCullough

#before #book #certain #does #entire

The entire race is usually judged by the actions of one man or woman. ↗

— Hattie McDaniel

#entire #judged #man #race #usually