#ally

It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing. ↗

— Rita Dove

#began #college #entire #entire life #i

To write for PC reasons, because you think you ought to be dealing with this subject, is never going to yield anything that is really going to matter to anyone else. It has to matter to you. ↗

— Rita Dove

#anything #because #dealing #else #going

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#confidence #done #eventually #forward #gives

I've always been a fella who put most of my eggs in one basket and then take a dump in the basket but I really don't know. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#basket #been #dump #eggs #fella

I was kind of like chasing my tail and trying to do the right thing, and was a little bit stupid. Or irresponsible, which is the same thing I guess. It's just been really busy and I had a lot of great opportunities. ↗

— Robert Downey, Jr.

#bit #busy #chasing #do the right thing #great

There's an assumption in many of these cultures that these children are mentally retarded, when in fact they're not at all. I saw how the operation affects the child, as well as the child's family and often the village. ↗

— Roma Downey

#assumption #child #children #cultures #fact

I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend - leading roles for women were few and far between. ↗

— Roma Downey

#between #endless #far #few #girlfriend

People really feel the need to share how the series has touched their lives, and that's been very moving. We're enormously grateful to the fans of the show. They've been extremely loyal to us season after season, and they make it all worthwhile. ↗

— Roma Downey

#been #enormously #extremely #fans #feel

We work hard on the show. We really believe in the show. It's an enormous privilege to work on a show that has the power to touch people's lives in such a positive way. The fan mail and the e-mail certainly reflect that. ↗

— Roma Downey

#certainly #e-mail #enormous #fan #fan mail

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#brain #choose #consider #empty #furniture