#chin

The vast material displacements the machine has made in our physical environment are perhaps in the long run less important than its spiritual contributions to our culture. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#culture #environment #important #less #long

I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#audiences #city #earliest #earliest memories #entertain

This really should be kept secret, but you can learn a lot by watching the making-of DVDs. Every actor should do it. You figure out what you're dealing with. ↗

— Bill Murray

#dealing #dvds #every #figure #kept

I do believe that both countries, China and Russia, that both of them are responsible countries. ↗

— Lee Myung-bak

#both #china #countries #i #i do

If I didn't do well at Wimbledon maybe Chinese people will forget about me. ↗

— Li Na

#chinese #chinese people #forget #i #maybe

The Age of Northeast Asia is fast approaching. ↗

— Roh Moo-hyun

#approaching #asia #east asia #fast #northeast

Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Mao's China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#china #control #forced #ideology #instrument

When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#i #implementation #revolution #rules #struggling

Noah held my hand and my bag as he escorted me to the third floor - the Women's Pavilion. The elevator bell rang and the doors opened. "Jesus, Echo, circulation in my hand would be a good thing," said Noah. "Sorry." I tried to let go, but Noah kept his fingers linked with mine. ↗

— Katie McGarry

#echo-emerson #funny #katie-mcgarry #love #noah-and-echo

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching. ↗

— Mira Nair

#art #flinching #i #i can #only