#las

Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously. ↗

— Lance Morrow

#disconcerting #forget #goes #induce #last

After 'The Matrix,' I cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognize me. ↗

— Carrie-Anne Moss

#cannot #i #matrix #me #people

Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not at all. ↗

— Frances Power Cobbe

#elevation #every #must #old #old story

Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine. ↗

— Frankie Muniz

#classes #else #feel #good #guess

There are many outsiders that actively try to halt every natural resource development project in Alaska. Many of these same people have never even been to Alaska, yet they claim to know what's best for us. ↗

— Lisa Murkowski

#alaska #been #best #claim #development

In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted. ↗

— Michael Musto

#been #bribery #deception #exhausted #few

Well, that was in 1995 when I resigned from my last academic job. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#i #job #last #resigned #well

They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood. ↗

— Gamal Abdel Nasser

#defended #desert #drop #grains #last

In the studio, I don't do a lot of work that requires repetitive activity. I spend a lot of time looking and thinking and then try to find the most efficient way to get what I want, whether it's making a drawing or a sculpture, or casting plaster or whatever. ↗

— Bruce Nauman

#casting #drawing #efficient #efficient way #find

I never thought about becoming a professional singer, but I am in touch with Bono about releasing a musical movie. It will be about an Irish band during the '70s who are looking for fortune in Las Vegas. I should play the singer of the band but I don't want to sing in front of anybody. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#am #anybody #band #becoming #during