#des

When I'm promoting a film, I'm not going to get caught up in anything else, and that includes all my personal things. ↗

— Tom Cruise

#caught #else #film #get #going

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic. ↗

— George Crumb

#confused #described #frequently #hear #i

How do we turn our nation around? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility. ↗

— Ted Cruz

#anyone #around #creating #dependency #destroying

My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know. ↗

— Macaulay Culkin

#any #before #controlling #desire #even

When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I'm like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we're walking around with a donkey with pots clanging on the sides. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#capitalism #donkey #foundations #i #like

Americans of our own time - minority and majority Americans alike - need the continued guidance that the Voting Rights Act provides. We have come a long way, but more needs to be done. ↗

— Elijah Cummings

#alike #come #continued #done #guidance

I never felt I would be part of the international scene for 50 caps in my wildest dreams. ↗

— Kenny Cunningham

#dreams #felt #i #international #never

I thought about going to NYU film school - that was this ideal to me. But I didn't make any kind of grades in high school. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#any #film #film school #going #grades

There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.' ↗

— Chuck D.

#because #even #i #in the past #includes

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#force #go #him #himself #his