#eat

History did not demand Yossarian's premature demise, justice could be satisfied without it, progress did not hinge upon it, victory did not depend on it. That men would die was a matter of necessity; WHICH men would die, though, was a matter of circumstance, and Yossarian was willing to be the victim of anything but circumstance. But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#war #death

Most people don't want to die, but they don't want to live either. I am speaking about men now as much as women. They look for a third way, but there is no third way. ↗

— Jonathan Rosen

#life-lessons #death

My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that whole creative process that comes from sort of 'me' storytelling. ↗

— Eric Bana

#comes #creative #creative process #i #me

For me, the greatest obstacles are never on the ice itself. That's the area I excel in. That's where my passion is. I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better. ↗

— Ann Bancroft

#better #excel #get #greatest #i

It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#great #great time #life #my life #point

He's sitting in the catbird seat. ↗

— Red Barber

#sitting

It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#almost #because #considered #doing #down

Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me. ↗

— Christine Baranski

#career #dear #doors #feature #friends

As neither of these two great research scientists was able to find the solution to the mystery, it is small wonder that none of their contemporaries were able to do so either. ↗

— Robert Barany

#contemporaries #either #find #great #mystery

Friends don't necessarily made good business or creative partners. ↗

— Joseph Barbera

#creative #friends #good #made #necessarily