#art

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual). ↗

— Ayn Rand

#earth #function #individual #individual rights #majorities

Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#fit #fortune #his #inherit #make

I would have started the National Actors Theatre 30 years earlier. ↗

— Tony Randall

#i #national #started #theatre #would

However, I believe that it would be difficult to have legitimate scientists agree to participate. ↗

— James Randi

#believe #difficult #however #i #i believe

I don't know whether the number of any particular Latino group has made or will make any particular difference in the issues that I am concerned with. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#any #concerned #difference #group #i

The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape? ↗

— John C. Ransom

#escape #generally #had #how #modernism

You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake. ↗

— Jeannette Rankin

#earthquake #more #than #win #you

As an actor, particularly in theatre, you're trying to get jobs on TV; but you're also losing jobs in theatre to people who are on television. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#also #get #jobs #losing #particularly

As an actor, you generally don't get to choose what projects you are part of, so I've been very fortunate that 'The Book of Mormon' was something I got to be part of. I don't want to be lofty, but it was groundbreaking, in many ways, for musical theater, so that was really thrilling to be part of. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#been #book #choose #fortunate #generally

When I was a kid, there were hardly any gay story lines or characters on television that I recall. Then when I was in college, 'Will & Grace' started up. ↗

— Andrew Rannells

#any #characters #college #gay #grace