#involvement

People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can be very shocking and that, in my view, gives greater involvement. ↗

— Kenneth Williams

#comedy #drama #even #familiarity #gives

[Patty's] Copernican wish to the be sun around which all things revolved ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#freedom

I’ve come to think that flourishing consists of putting yourself in situations in which you lose self-consciousness and become fused with other people, experiences, or tasks. It happens sometimes when you are lost in a hard challenge, or when an artist or a craftsman becomes one with the brush or the tool. It happens sometimes while you’re playing sports, or listening to music or lost in a story, or to some people when they feel enveloped by God’s love. And it happens most when we connect with other people. I’ve come to think that happiness isn’t really produced by conscious accomplishments. Happiness is a measure of how thickly the unconscious parts of our minds are intertwined with other people and with activities. Happiness is determined by how much information and affection flows through us covertly every day and year. ↗

— David Brooks

#affection #connections #consciousness #happiness #information

She was in it, not above it commenting on it. ↗

— Go On

#relationships #relationship

From watching the news one would think the Iraqis want us out of their country. But an overwhelming majority of Iraqis support our involvement there. Our freedom is contagious and we helped liberate them. ↗

— Jim Bunning

#country #freedom #helped #involvement #iraqis

The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#alex #director #gave #had #i

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ↗

— John Clayton

#christian #comes #distant #ethnic #holiday

I know nothing about producing TV drama and any involvement on my part is liable to prove an obstacle to the producers, so I prefer to be a cheerleader and let them get on with it. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#any #cheerleader #drama #get #i

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#involvement #limiting #lives #minimum #other

I usually can find a way to do a character to make it real and work. But sometimes it's a struggle sustaining that, because there's such a level of personal involvement and personal, physical, and emotional distraughtness. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#character #emotional #find #i #involvement