#ak

The thing that makes reading and writing suspect in the eyes of the market economy is that it's not corrupted. ↗

— Richard Powers

#economy #eyes #makes #market #market economy

If you ask, do you like strong men or weak men, I'd say, I like who I like. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#i #like #men #say #strong

The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#around #been #behind #bit #certain

My first in, my first break, was I met a director and got to talking with her, and she happened to be casting this movie that she had written. That was ten years ago. That got me to Hollywood. I got paid $700 bucks. ↗

— Chris Pratt

#break #bucks #casting #director #first

You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies. ↗

— Richard Price

#character #confines #creativity #expect #go

If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

#challenge #desk #face #genius #go

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types. ↗

— Joseph Priestley

#administrative #color #course #fire #fit

I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing. ↗

— Gavrilo Princip

#happening #i #i am #know #nothing

I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it. ↗

— Victoria Principal

#enjoy #explore #how #i #other

I'm very self-conscious having my picture taken, so I clown around. My driver's license photo looks like a blonde Elvis. ↗

— Emily Procter

#blonde #clown #driver #elvis #having