#good

The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies. ↗

— Marc Bloch

#fairy #fairy tale #flesh #giant #good

My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing. ↗

— Dan Blocker

#daddy #damn #damn thing #good #hitch

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is. ↗

— Allan Bloom

#books #both #failure #fatal #good

The best place to find material is in real life. I've always maintained that it's not until the mid-20s that you have enough of a life to draw from. There's nothing better for a comic than to go through some bad stuff - and some good stuff, like getting married. ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#bad #bad stuff #best #better #comic

Sometimes I have given my husband a manuscript to read that has turned out to have fantastic rave reviews and he'll tell me it is no good. Well, if I didn't know him as well as I know him I would be terribly depressed. ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#fantastic #given #good #him #husband

Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it. ↗

— Claire Bloom

#film #good #i #me #money

I don't think actresses' lives in general are very good. ↗

— Claire Bloom

#good #i #lives #think #very

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#beginning #end #filmmaking #good #hollywood

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that. ↗

— Orlando Bloom

#actor #american #american accent #british #crack

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#bright #city #city people #common #common sense