#cult

I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#background #culture #escaped #i #often

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#because #difficulties #enjoy #his #man

If you're an actor, there's going to be a sense of fantasy about yourself, especially in the celebrity world we live in today. You give the illusion of being in control, sexy, at ease, with never a difficult moment. Those are the basic lies that all celebrities tell. For me, they're the more dangerous lies to come to terms with. ↗

— Rupert Everett

#actor #basic #being #celebrities #celebrity

There's still a tremendous amount of homophobia in our culture. It's regrettable, it's stupid, it's heartless, and it's immoral, but there it is. ↗

— Rupert Everett

#culture #heartless #immoral #our #regrettable

By the time I was 19, punk had occurred. It had a completely different cultural dynamic to it which rejected everything and started again from the year zero. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#by the time #completely #cultural #different #dynamic

But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#afghanistan #between #community #coordination #country

It's been a difficult thing because some great opportunities have come and I've just been holding my breath and praying... I'm basically gambling hoping something will come along this season and if not, I don't know what the future holds. ↗

— Charisma Carpenter

#basically #because #been #breath #come

It's fun to be blond, and it's almost difficult to remember how I used to look with my proper hair color. ↗

— Tom Felton

#blond #color #difficult #fun #hair

Most of my relationships were people in the business. Having said that, me and Tim don't really talk that much about work. He comes into my bit of the house every so often to vent but we don't really have very high, cultured conversations. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#bit #business #comes #conversations #cultured

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. ↗

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

#breath #capture #converge #faculties #fleeting