#con

The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition. ↗

— Marilyn Hacker

#both #connotation #fascinating #gained #how

As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. ↗

— Buddy Hackett

#child #choices #consisted #family #leave

And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#ego #far #go #how #how far

But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is. ↗

— Taylor Hackford

#cast #contribution #director #film #fit

Ever since boyhood I've made a religion of keeping in shape by regular, conscientious exercise. ↗

— Gene Tunney

#conscientious #ever #exercise #i #keeping

Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#audience #conferences #conventions #field #fights

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations. ↗

— Chuck Hagel

#constraint #democracy #expand #expansion #freedom

Our foreign policy needs to support our energy, economic, defense and domestic policies. It all falls within the arch of national interest. There will be windows of opportunity, but they will open and close quickly. ↗

— Chuck Hagel

#close #defense #domestic #economic #energy

The youth of France do not want a new neo-liberal contract. ↗

— Peter Hall

#france #new #want #youth

My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine. ↗

— Ashley Tisdale

#confident #mine #model #mom #role