#intel

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No, indeed, precisely the opposite is the case: if done in an intelligent way, you attain the sovereignty to better solve national problems in cooperation with others. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#better #case #cooperation #done #idea

Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity. ↗

— Samuel Beckett

#intelligence #philosophers #poets #sense

We all agree now - by "we" I mean intelligent people under sixty - that a work of art is like a rose. A rose is not beautiful because it is like something else. Neither is a work of art. Roses and works of art are beautiful in themselves. ↗

— Clive Bell

#art #beautiful #because #else #i

I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style. ↗

— Camilla Belle

#elegant #embodies #engaging #her #i

Mel is a great director because he's not just a director, he's an actor, so he knows how to direct actors. I loved working with him. He's great as a director. He's so intelligent. He's generous. I really loved him. ↗

— Monica Bellucci

#because #direct #director #generous #great

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. ↗

— Sarah Bernhardt

#always #cannot #except #ideal #incessant

I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial. ↗

— Luc Besson

#because #commercial #film #films #i

Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#affected #degree #high #high degree #independence

Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#corporate #corporate world #everyone #i #intelligence

I noticed that this defense attorney is a very, very intelligent man, and he's very cool and he's very knowledgeable, and I think that personally I'd like to have an attorney like him. ↗

— Tommy Bond

#cool #defense #him #i #i think