#heir

We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll do it not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as with speeches that bring people to their senses. ↗

— Mario Cuomo

#american public #beyond #bring #feet #get

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#addiction #board #center #columbia #columbia university

So, am I friendly with my daughter and her friends? Yes. Am I their friend? No. Does she shut the door? Yes, and I very much support the shut door. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#daughter #does #door #friend #friendly

In fact that is the struggle that most Americans - As rich as this country is, most Americans are very limited in their interaction with the world, unless the world comes to us in a very shocking way. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#country #fact #in fact #interaction #limited

For me, I want my kids to find their way. If they're interested in something, I want them to try it out. ↗

— Chris Daughtry

#i #interested #kids #me #out

False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. ↗

— Charles Darwin

#every #evidence #facts #false #falseness

Everyone would talk about their diets and working out and what it made me do was go to craft services where all the food for the cast and crew was and I would eat. ↗

— Kristin Davis

#cast #craft #crew #diets #eat

There were some extremely good teachers there that were great artists really in their own right. It was actually very hard to concentrate on getting down to going any work being an art student especially when it's a flighty thing at best. ↗

— Graham Coxon

#any #art #art student #artists #being

I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far. ↗

— Peter Coyote

#begin #bodies #body #care #cross

I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#bring #cinema #even #eyes #goosebumps