#ike

I look at smoking as a crutch, and as an actor I would like strip away as many crutches as possible. ↗

— Claire Forlani

#away #crutch #crutches #i #like

It's hard to actually take details from your personal life and apply them a scene because, as much as you can identify with a feeling, you just get muddled. As soon as you start bringing your own stuff in, it's like, 'No, that's not right.' You're playing a different person. You can relate, but you have to leave that stuff at the door. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#apply #because #bringing #details #different

First of all, whoever didn't want to be a member of this association or the other association, was branded, you know, like a dangerous individualist, you know, infected by the Western decadence, you know. So everybody joined. ↗

— Milos Forman

#branded #dangerous #decadence #everybody #first

I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody. ↗

— Martha Stewart

#even #ever #fired #firing #i

The creative act is like writing a letter. A letter is a project; you don't sit down to write a letter unless you know what you want to say and to whom you want to say it. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#creative #creative act #down #know #letter

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#any #behind #encourage #good #good action

In times of tumult, voters are likely to forgive a president, if not reward him, for compromises made in service of solutions. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#forgive #him #likely #made #president

What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#become #fact #individuals #life #me

Like a cowboy saddling a bucking stallion, Republican leaders tried to tame the Tea Party while riding it to victories. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#leaders #like #party #republican #riding

Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it's surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#candidates #consultants #dark #democrats #hear