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The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

#affect #archaic #bill #bill of rights #bits

To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education. ↗

— John Dickey

#competence #corresponding #create #creating #direction

I know people that I respect and admire and look up to who have had extra-marital affairs. ↗

— Gwyneth Paltrow

#affairs #had #i #know #look

I do like directing other people's material. ↗

— Brian De Palma

#i #i do #like #material #other

I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American. ↗

— Archie Panjabi

#american #american accent #another #bit #coach

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#affections #answer #armies #birth #death

I don't like directors that just say, Stand there and now do this. ↗

— Joe Pantoliano

#i #just #like #now #say

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#having #i #life #lucky #my life

The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors. ↗

— Estelle Parsons

#managers #respected #staff #stage #ushers

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama. ↗