#ang

A society that has made "nostalgia" a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#better #commodity #cultural #exchange #important

I get the greatest feeling when I'm singing. It's other-worldly. Your feet are anchored into the Earth and into this energy force that comes up through your feet and goes up the top of your head and maybe you're holding hands with the angels or the stars, I have no idea. ↗

— Cyndi Lauper

#angels #comes #earth #energy #feeling

I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride. ↗

— Richard H. Davis

#cannot #hand #i #i wish #languages

The state of the world, of course, is constantly changing, and so is theory. ↗

— Teresa de Lauretis

#constantly #course #state #theory #world

The things that make me angry still make me angry. George Carlin is 67, and he's still as funny as he's ever been, and he's still angry. And that makes me feel good, because I feel like if I stick around long enough, I'll still be able to work. ↗

— Denis Leary

#angry #around #because #been #carlin

Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that. ↗

— Ang Lee

#digital #economically #expensive #hope #i

I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly. ↗

— Michel Legrand

#effortlessly #gift #i #me #melodic

But when one identifies the Church with a cultural and political bloc, there is the danger of making difficult the Church's contact with all those outside the bloc. ↗

— Karl Lehmann

#church #contact #cultural #danger #difficult

Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity. ↗

— Mike Leigh

#british #colonial #compromise #danger #film

If I ever saw an amputee getting hanged, I'd probably just start calling out letters. ↗

— Demetri Martin

#ever #getting #hanged #i #just