#kin

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#adolescence #atmosphere #beginning #being #critical

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of what it is. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#each #express #language #making #might

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being? ↗

— Jose Saramago

#does #human #human being #killing #kind

I think sometimes what happens is that all of this feeling out of control manifests itself in trying to control your body; whether it's an eating disorder or talking about getting your nose fixed, as if that's going to be the solution to all the pressure. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#body #control #disorder #eating #feeling

It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thirty-five and just hope you can hope it together. People are a lot more vital than I am and doing all kinds of things and leading really important movements. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#different #different world #doing #growing #growing up

Now, Tim has been really, really busy, and it's been my job now to kind of deal with everything. And trying to figure out how we balance that, logistically it's a nightmare. But these little jobs make it much easier. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#been #busy #deal #easier #everything

So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#consider #develop #full #give #habit

When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.' ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#comedy #funny #i #kind #oh

I committed myself totally, fully, but I didn't succeed in convincing a majority of French... I didn't succeed in making the values we share win. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#convincing #french #fully #i #majority

In a presidential campaign, you can't lie. You can't hide what you are and what you want. You can't hide what kind of President you'll be. You can't keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can't keep running away from debate, masking the challenges. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

#away #campaign #challenges #committing #debate