#ali

Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

#felt #how #i #just #knew

I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality. ↗

— Sydney Carter

#christ #dances #heart #i #i see

I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order. ↗

— Tom McClintock

#arnold #arnold schwarzenegger #back #california #could

We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians. ↗

— Pete McCloskey

#believed #church #court #environmentalists #independence

Because its hard to realize now that that was the end of the great depression, you know. All of a sudden all of this is in front of me and I'm solvent, you know. I'm making some money and I know where my next meal is coming from, and I have a new pair of shoes and that's it. ↗

— Robert McCloskey

#coming #depression #end #front #great

We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his daughter doesn't know he lost his job, the recent college grad facing up to the painful reality that the only door that's open to her after four years of study and a pile of debt is her parents'. These are the faces of the Obama economy. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#college #daughter #day #debt #door

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality. ↗

— James McGreevey

#different #different points #ends #going #grappling

It takes a lot of energy and creativity to make such screwed up lives carry on. And the kind of will people have to survive, year after year, dealing with that stuff, is weirdly impressive. ↗

— Jon McGregor

#carry #creativity #dealing #energy #impressive

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#legalize #legitimate #some #some things #than

I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter. ↗

— Mark McGwire

#better chance #box #chance #come #every