#erm

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior. ↗

— William Friedkin

#alternatives #attracted #becomes #behavior #characters

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don't dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks. ↗

— David Friedman

#corn #dramatically #efficiency #ethanol #going

In terms of an identity, an identity reflects an individuality, by definition. And, if there is a quality present, it is recognizable and it can be named. If you can't name it, it means you don't recognize it. ↗

— Robert Fripp

#identity #individuality #means #name #named

Finally Germany's attack on Russia seemed to confirm that Russia was not shirking and was prepared to carry out a foreign policy with the risk of war with Germany. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

#carry #confirm #finally #foreign #foreign policy

I want to assure your excellency that I am occupying myself permanently and jointly with my team to achieve a solution as soon as possible to this crisis, the principal objective being the safeguarding of the health and life of those who are inside. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#am #assure #being #crisis #excellency

If I get married, I think I'd pick out a newspaperman rather than a millionaire. A newspaperman is a regular fellow. ↗

— Anna Held

#get #get married #i #i think #married

If we want to implement climate protection worldwide, countries like Germany, which are capable of developing new technologies, will have to hand over some of their knowledge. We can't expect to have our cake and eat it too. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#capable #climate #countries #developing #eat

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#aspect #being #cerebral #cherished #comes

There can be no permanent disfranchised peasantry in the United States. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#states #united #united states

The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#crawl #makes #skin #term