#elves

My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is about listening and responding and realizing how much they need to know from me and how much they have figured out for themselves, really. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#approach #direction #figured #give #how

Things explain each other, not themselves. ↗

— George Oppen

#explain #other #themselves #things

Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#men #themselves #union

Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing. ↗

— Suze Orman

#america #american #american dream #around #came

The people of Nicaragua were suffering oppression. This made us develop an awareness which eventually led us to commit ourselves to the struggle against the domination of the capitalists of our country in collusion with the U.S. government, i.e. imperialism. ↗

— Daniel Ortega

#awareness #capitalists #collusion #commit #country

I believe that as women, we must commit ourselves to sustaining the progress made by our foremothers who fought so hard for women's equality and liberation. ↗

— Carre Otis

#commit #equality #fought #hard #i

We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow. ↗

— Fulton Oursler

#crucify #fear #ourselves #regret #thieves

Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#because #cannot #children #choices #guardians

If the Iraqis fail to implement the reforms, if they fail to get a handle on the violence, there's nothing the United States can do, militarily or otherwise, that can solve those problems. They have to assume the primary responsibility to govern themselves. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#fail #get #govern #handle #implement

Stubborn people get themselves in a lot of trouble, but they also get things done. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#done #get #lot #people #stubborn