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A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death. ↗

— Lucius Accius

#death #disgrace #entitled #escape #life

The Internet now provides an immediate and very clear consensus of what it is that the audience is experiencing. It's something that you should never let lead you, and yet at the same time, you should never ignore it. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#clear #consensus #experiencing #ignore #immediate

We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#almost #entitlement #instant #knowledge #live

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses. ↗

— Victoria Abril

#i #most #other #played #roles

When I was a kid going into the movies, you weren't force-fed information everywhere you looked about what the movie was going to be. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#everywhere #going #i #information #into

When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I would make these dumb comedy tapes. I would often make prank phone calls, but I would also do it with friends. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#among #calls #comedy #dumb #embarrassing

When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#authentic #being #forward #just #lean

You know, we've got to this place, where you go to a movie for one particular surgical fix. So, it's like, I want the pulse-pounding action, or the insane falling-off-my-seat comedy, or the devastating, heart-breaking drama. ↗

— J. J. Abrams

#comedy #devastating #drama #fix #go

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem. ↗

— M. H. Abrams

#body #get #means #missed #poem

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition. ↗

— John Acton

#absolute power #authority #based #between #choices