#ff

Cary Grant never won an Oscar, primarily, I suspect, because he made everything look so effortless. Why reward someone for having fun, for being charming? ↗

— Richard Russo

#being #cary #cary grant #charming #effortless

I never worry about people not taking my work seriously as a result of the humor. In the end, the comic's best trick is the illusion that comedy is effortless. That people imagine what he's doing is easy is an occupational hazard. ↗

— Richard Russo

#best #comedy #comic #doing #easy

If there's an enduring theme in my work, it's probably the effects of class on American life. ↗

— Richard Russo

#american life #class #effects #enduring #life

Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that. ↗

— Richard Russo

#efficiently #handle #movies #necessarily #novels

What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation. ↗

— Richard Russo

#bring #child #different #does #dramatic

The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs. ↗

— Mathias Rust

#both #defence #jobs #lost #ministers

It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#bible #clergymen #deeply #effort #everywhere

When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing. ↗

— Mike Rutherford

#different thing #done #gabriel #hasn #him

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant. ↗

— George Ryan

#i #lawyer #office #pharmacist #professional

It doesn't bother me that Seven has such an overtly sexual presence, because she has no concept of what effect that physical package would have on some male member of the crew. That's what's fun, her innocence. ↗

— Jeri Ryan

#bother #concept #crew #effect #fun