#figure

One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs in New York City, seems to have allowed crime figures at the time, like Luciano, Capone, Torrio and Rothstein, to organize to become more powerful, which pulled all the way through until the '70s. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#become #becoming #capone #city #crime

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#deal #did #ernest #ernest hemingway #figure

When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#approved #came #economic #economic system #figured

Every film is a crapshoot. It's a mystery when a movie comes together. I've never been able to figure it out. I don't know how I make my choices. The only thing you can do is know there's something about a character that you really want to experience. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#about #been #character #choices #comes

Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals. ↗

— Elisabeth Shue

#desire #figure #help #his #ideals

I wanted to be complete, because I figured that, visually, there was an avenue to explore with painted stuff. ↗

— Bill Sienkiewicz

#because #complete #explore #figured #i

I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#already #always #am #been #benefits

Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#best #creates #enormous #failings #father

That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out. ↗

— Steven Squyres

#figuring #i #just #like #out

I can remember trying to coach, trying to figure out schemes, and it just wasn't coming to me. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#coming #figure #i #i can #just