#dent

I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student. ↗

— Edward Zwick

#filmmaker #i #i think #kind #opportunity

By living a life “against nature,” the deviant or pervert becomes a hero or heroine in decadent fiction. ↗

— Asti Hustvedt

#decadent #deviant #hero #pervert #life

No more fear of hunger. A new kind of freedom. But what then ... what? What would my life be like on a daily basis? Most of it has been consumed with the acquisition of food. Take that away and I'm not really sure who I am, what my identity is. The idea scares me some. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#hunger #idea #identity #life #scares

All the dreams you show up in are not your own. ↗

— Gil Scott-Heron

#prejudice #dreams

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#days #exception #perfect #president #progresses

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#ducks #i #into #stories #swans

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#anybody #become #beginning #believe #boy

General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#close #custer #general #observer #personal

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason. ↗

— Charles Darwin

#followed #independently #instinct #reason #very

My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost. ↗

— Buffalo Bill

#bound #come #confident #could #devoutly