#in

I argued that the Bush administration, and the Coalition officials more recently, didn't understand Iraqi society. They thought it was a blank slate, that they could use Iraqis as guinea pigs. ↗

— Juan Cole

#argued #blank #blank slate #bush #bush administration

Because guys like us, Red, we know there's a third choice. An alternative to staying simon-pure and bathing in the filth and the slime. It's the alternative that grown-ups all over the world pick. You balance off the walk through the hog-wallow against what it gains you. You choose the lesser of the two evils and try to keep your good intentions in front of you. And I guess you judge how well you are doing by how well you sleep at night...and what your dreams are like. ↗

— Stephen King

#inspirational #intention #life #rita-hayworth #shawshank-redemption

Music is emotional, and you may catch a musician in a very unemotional mood or you may not be in the same frame of mind as the musician. So a critic will often say a musician is slipping. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#critic #emotional #frame #may #mind

But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting. ↗

— Dabney Coleman

#hard #profession #teaching

For years the Trio did nothing but play for musicians and other hip people. We practically starved to death. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#did #hip #musicians #nothing #other

Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking. ↗

— Nat King Cole

#i #i can #me #people #smoking

I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself. ↗