#con

I seem finally to have stopped worrying about Elinor, and age. She seems now to be perfectly normal -- about twenty-five, a witty control freak. I like her but I can see how she would drive you mad. She's just the sort of person you'd want to get drunk, just to make her giggling and silly. ↗

— Emma Thompson

#characters #control-freaks #elinor-dashwood #filming #jane-austen

I always wanted to see if I could sell a movie to the public without doing any marketing because my philosophy was like, 'Hey man, I'm reaching my audience everyday. I'm twittering with them. I'm in direct contact with them on the podcast.' ↗

— Kevin Smith

#any #audience #because #contact #could

I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason than that I value, exercise, and defend my rights under the first ten Amendments to the United States Constitution. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#considered #constitution #criminal #dangerous #defend

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. ↗

— Lamar S. Smith

#freedom #freedom from #freedom of religion #provides #religion

Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow. ↗

— Dominique de Villepin

#demanding #escalation #follow #must #passivity

Believe in yourself and stop trying to convince others. ↗

— James De La Vega

#believe in yourself #convince #others #stop #trying

Towards four o'clock, the rebels felt strong enough to take the offensive. A brigade with a battery under Earle managed to strike the Federal right on the flank and rear and throw it into utter confusion, which spread rapidly along the whole front. Now came the disastrous end. ↗

— Henry Villard

#battery #brigade #came #clock #confusion

Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street. ↗

— Rick Wagoner

#concept #done #europe #ford #had

I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements in productivity and responsiveness. I got a chance to see that firsthand. ↗

— Rick Wagoner

#budget #chance #clearly #conversation #direct

I want people to come see my films and enjoy them but at the end of the day you can't control what people think. ↗

— Mark Wahlberg

#control #day #end #end of the day #enjoy