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The real intimidating stuff is the scene where you show up for the first day. You kind of square off, and that is where you look each other in the eye. ↗

— Ron Livingston

#each #eye #first #intimidating #kind

I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the kingdom of Christ. ↗

— David Livingstone

#christ #except #i #kingdom #may

loving friendship is able to endure everything; it refuses no burden. ↗

— Francesco Petrarca

#love #friendship

That’s what I always wanted to know. Why would some fella be willing to do something generous for a kid he doesn’t even know?” Rodney asked. “Have to say I’m surprised, Mr. Burton. Of all the people on the face of the earth,” he said, his voice softening, “I figured if anyone knew the answer to that one, it’d be you. ↗

— Kenny Rogers

#friendship #generosity #friendship

The problem with a popular art form is that those who want something more are in a hopeless minority compared with the millions who are always seeing it for the first time, or for the reassurance and gratification of seeing the conventions fulfilled again. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#conventionality #quality #repetitiveness #standards #art

Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. ↗

— Ken Livingstone

#being #commons #enjoys #help #house

Diversity of thought and culture and religion and ideas has been the strength of America. ↗

— Gary Locke

#been #culture #diversity #ideas #religion

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#cannot #creativity #discover #good #good writer

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#expression #killed #know #maximum #respect

It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press. This freedom is all too often an exaggeration. At the very least, blind references to freedom of speech or the press serve as a distraction from the critical examination of other communications policies. ↗

— Mark Lloyd

#clear #communications #critical #distraction #exaggeration