#ak

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others. ↗

— George Santayana

#institution #less #making #more #others

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#get #good #i #kinds #knew

I'm influenced by a lot of filmmakers; I like English filmmakers because I feel a kin to them. ↗

— Rupert Sanders

#english #feel #filmmakers #i #i feel

They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken. ↗

— Bobby Sands

#break #broken #imperial #irishman #nothing

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#does #grief #like #speak

I just love doing broader work - I always get asked to do fairly heavy-duty, intense dramas and interesting, psychologically intense characters. But you know, it's nice to make people laugh sometimes. ↗

— Julian Sands

#asked #broader #characters #doing #dramas

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

#conceal #diplomats #facts #make #their

Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

#care #children #class #decent #especially

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. Maybe I'm drawn to it as a story element. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#death #dramatic #drawn #element #even

Now the music industry is sort of like a Craigslist venture, right? Where you're making your own records and selling them online. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#like #making #music #music industry #now