#fuse

We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to survive. ↗

— Corrine Brown

#aviation #comes #continue #highways #money

He made it quite clear that if I didn't play the role, I would be dead within a week. As you can imagine, the guy who turned down Hagrid would be like the guy who called the Beatles a guitar band. So I couldn't possibly refuse, really. ↗

— Robbie Coltraine

#beatles #called #clear #dead #down

Yes, they wanted me to sign a contract of exclusivity, and I refused. ↗

— Claudia Cardinale

#exclusivity #i #me #refused #sign

Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways. ↗

— Jennifer Capriati

#confused #i #made #mistakes #out

Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question "How?" but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question "Why?" ↗

— Erwin Chargaff

#answer #ask #confused #equipped #gets

There were some films I refused because the feminist aspect was a bit wonky. ↗

— Julie Christie

#because #bit #feminist #films #i

I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

#being #did #good #i #insulted

I was raised by my great-great aunt. I was adopted within our family. My mother had me when she was, I think, 15, 16. They tried to get her to have an abortion and she refused. So, my 'mama' adopted me, which was really her great aunt, which was really my great-great aunt, who was named Viola Dickerson. I was told that my mother was my sister. ↗

— Eric Dickerson

#adopted #aunt #family #get #great

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance. ↗

— Richard Dreyfuss

#bush #character #character assassination #confused #governance

I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer. ↗

— Jamie Farr

#broadway #does #hollywood #i #i do