#dent

I am a war president. ↗

— George W. Bush

#war #president

I was a terrible English student. ↗

— Leon Uris

#i #student #terrible

No, my friend, I am not drunk. I have just been to the dentist, and need not return for another six months! Is it not the most beautiful thought? --Poirot ↗

— Agatha Christie

#humor #the-patriotic-murders #beauty

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