#ed

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

#freedom #hated #loved #never #who

We can get rid of red tape. ↗

— Charlie Daniels

#red #red tape #rid #tape

And regardless of the fact that in this country, certainly in the arts, we treat comedy as a second-class citizen, I've never thought of it that way. I've always thought it to be important. The last time I looked, the Greeks were holding up two masks. I've always thought of it not only as having equal value, but as the craft of it, being funny. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#arts #being #being funny #certainly #citizen

I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about. ↗

— Mos Def

#door #face #feels #firmly #i

I always wanted to do films. I'd gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I really wanted to chase the paths of people like Pacino and Lemmon and those guys. Alan Arkin. Film was where I wanted to go. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#always #chase #did #early #film

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star. I have just said, 'Hire me if you want somebody good.' I tried to be as good as I could be every time out, and that's kind of bridged the decades. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#decades #every #every time #good #hire

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#attention #blockbusters #help #knows #more

You see a lot of these movies that are really just 90-minute video games. The effects are incredible. I get it: There's an art to that, terrific. I'm not interested in it, but there's an art to that I suppose. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#effects #games #get #i #incredible

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#better #come #deeper #i #learned

To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged. ↗

— Josephus Daniels

#challenge #compel #doctrine #every #every man