#ff

The BBC must never be all about ratings - or even mainly about ratings. In the past year, we have made a raft of terrific programmes which stand comparison with the best the BBC has ever done: 'Blue Planet,' 'Walking with Beasts,' 'Son of God,' 'Clocking Off,' 'The Way We Live Now,' 'Conspiracy,' 'Lost World.' ↗

— Gavyn Davies

#bbc #beasts #best #blue #comparison

All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of different countries and continents, 'looking for something'. ↗

— Elizabeth Bishop

#continents #countries #different #different countries #down

I still like to keep tapes of the few minutes before the final take, things that happen before the session. Maybe it's superstitious, but I believe if I had done things differently - if I had walked around the studio or gone out - it wouldn't have turned out that way. ↗

— Ray Davies

#before #believe #differently #done #few

But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#because #become #best #different #europe

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#difficult #difficult task #himself #his #like

I don't start a piece knowing exactly what effect it's going to have. There is a seed of an idea that I could never articulate, right at the beginning of the piece, literally like one cell. ↗

— Siobhan Davies

#beginning #cell #could #effect #exactly

I sometimes feel like I could do another job. Anything. Maybe because as an actress you're playing different characters, everything feels possible. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#another #anything #because #characters #could

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before. ↗

— Angela Davis

#between #black #class #connection #different

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts. ↗

— Thora Birch

#because #being #decision #guts #help

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff. ↗

— Brad Bird

#graphic #i #kids #love #really