#fin

Stars wide of belt often cultivated a gentlemanly grandeur, a groomed refinement that filtered through their fingertips - the dainty fidgets of Hardy's plump digits, Orson Welles performing magic tricks with nimble dexterity, Jackie Gleason lofting a teacup to his lips as if he were Lady Bracknell - or through a fine set of twinkle-toes. ↗

— James Wolcott

#cultivated #dainty #filtered #fine #fingertips

The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops. ↗

— James Wolcott

#alike #bunny #candidate #consultant #crowd

The labour of the farmers, no doubt is of greater value than the financial capacity of the government and non-government institutions which can only play a supportive role. ↗

— Girma Woldegiorgis

#doubt #farmers #financial #government #greater

At our college we were taught a universal approach to find out about a person: what problems the person has, what difficulties, what personal tendencies and likings. ↗

— Markus Wolf

#approach #college #difficulties #find #our

Online publication is fine with me, in part because I hope to collect those stories later. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#collect #fine #hope #i #later

I never forget. I never forgive. I can wait. I find it very easy to harbor a grudge. I have scores to settle. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#find #forget #forgive #grudge #harbor

Generally speaking, the stronger the connection between the financing and the ultimate beneficiary, the better the result. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#between #connection #financing #generally #result

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#auditioning #being #financial #great #insecurity

All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience. We'd continue to refine it in front of an audience based on their responses until it was set and scripted. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#based #continue #created #fine #fine line

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision. ↗

— Ed Wood

#because #cannot #compromise #finish #going