#h

I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#cuz #four #gets #getting #gotta

I'm a good son, a good father, a good husband - I've been married to the same woman for 30 years. I'm a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, 'You know, that's part of history.' ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#been #characters #college #criticize #donate

It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#clean #fortunately #getting #go #i

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud. ↗

— Jesse Ventura

#go #head #humor #mud #sense

I delight in what I fear. ↗

— Shirley Jackson

#fear #i

I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes. ↗

— Shirley Jackson

#best #cleaned #give #give me #handout

I very much dislike writing about myself or my work, and when pressed for autobiographical material can only give a bare chronological outline which contains no pertinent facts. ↗

— Shirley Jackson

#autobiographical #bare #chronological #contains #dislike

The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#arab world #desire #does #healthy #knowledge

When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit. ↗

— Shoeless Joe Jackson

#base #could #get #getting #hit

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#firmly #i #learn #live #mistakes