#aw

I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and I'd write them and draw them, and turn them into class. ↗

— Jena Malone

#children #class #draw #great #great ideas

No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#biological #concept #condition #elucidated #evidence

If I were less than honest as a critic, I think people would spot that right away, and it would destroy my credibility. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#credibility #critic #destroy #honest #i

I used to think I'd like to be a fireman - in fact, I still would - and the only drawback I could see was coming back to the firehouse, after a day of fighting fires, and still having to put in an eight-hour day writing. ↗

— David Mamet

#back #coming #could #day #drawback

In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously. ↗

— David Mamet

#away #based #days #evenings #family

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised. ↗

— Lili Taylor

#academy awards #awards #been #compromised #count

An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome. ↗

— William Manchester

#awesome #behold #dress #edwardian #full

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#borders #cannot #conceive #i #israel

When the weather changes, nobody believes the laws of physics have changed. Similarly, I don't believe that when the stock market goes into terrible gyrations its rules have changed. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#believes #changed #changes #goes #i

And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East. ↗

— Barbara Mandrell

#back #cash #east #guess #had