#car

They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors. ↗

— James Lipton

#another #i #like #over #role

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving. ↗

— John Lithgow

#care #considerate #kind #loving #other

I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest. ↗

— John Lithgow

#be careful #careful #concerned #creatures #earth

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music. ↗

— John Lithgow

#carousel #darkest #experiences #exuberant #filled

If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis. ↗

— Eric Liu

#barack #barack obama #call #carried #certainly

If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America. ↗

— Eric Liu

#america #carry #celebration #color #does

Jeremy Lin is the only Asian American in the NBA today and one of the few in any professional U.S. sport. His arrival is surely leading other talented Asian American athletes this week to contemplate a pro career. ↗

— Eric Liu

#any #arrival #asian #asian american #athletes

Many smart folks seem to think that if you just get your metaphors and messages right, you'll win. That if you start describing what you favor as a 'moral value' - 'affordable health care is a moral value' etc., - then you'll appeal to red-state voters. ↗

— Eric Liu

#affordable health care #appeal #care #describing #etc

I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#cartoons #competing #ever #gets #i

Gymnastics, especially in my family, is more than a sport. It's our life, it's our careers, it's our family business. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#careers #especially #family #family business #gymnastics