#being

The non-comic, factual explanation is that I felt there was a myth about terrorist bombers being medieval-minded, 'fundamentalist, primitivist' people. There seems to be a lot of evidence to contradict that, especially in Britain. Some of the ideology behind what has become modern jihadism was socially progressive, certainly in Egypt, for example. ↗

— Chris Morris

#become #behind #being #bombers #britain

I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies. ↗

— Samantha Mumba

#being #finding #how #i #loved

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#art #being #essential #failures #life

From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice. ↗

— Bill Mumy

#along #am #being #came #chance

In England people are very proud of being very stupid. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#england #people #proud #stupid #very

To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see anything any more. Perhaps it is like being shut in a cellar. One is abandoned by all. They have slammed the door and are gone. One does not see anything and notices only the damp smell of putrefaction. ↗

— Edvard Munch

#any #anything #been #being #cannot

In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for the time being, and only for the time being - to live in our own way and according to our own rules, to live in our own fading India. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#arrivals #being #community #disadvantaged #enabled

I'm not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused. ↗

— Peter Munk

#compensate #einstein #exactly #focused #i

A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something. ↗

— Olivia Munn

#acne #being #car #computer #game

He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#developed #got #highly #instinct #simply