#les

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith. ↗

— John Foster Dulles

#dynamic #faith #finest #human #human qualities

Since Star Wars, that film's success led to bigger budgets, more hardware, that the great movies like the ones I did, which were studio movies, are now independent movies. They range from half a million to several million, and a lot of those have very interesting roles. ↗

— Faye Dunaway

#budgets #did #film #great #half

Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#better #children #communities #demonstrate #drop

State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#colleges #cut #cuts #education #funding

Sometimes I feel I'm living a meaningless life, and I get frightened. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#frightened #get #i #i feel #life

The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies. ↗

— Marc Bloch

#fairy #fairy tale #flesh #giant #good

We just got a tour bus. I didn't know tour buses could be this nice. It's just me, Brian Haner the guitar guy, the tour manager and a writer. We laugh ourselves silly. Apparently we're going to have a road dog, a miniature pincher. It's the smallest they've ever seen. How masculine am I going to look, working with dolls and a miniature dog? ↗

— Jeff Dunham

#apparently #brian #bus #buses #could

I remember seeing some little wrinkles in my early 30s and thinking they were interesting. But you know the horror of it is that the screen image has to be perfect. ↗

— Claire Bloom

#horror #i #i remember #image #interesting

I do think girls in their twenties accept certain kinds of lesser treatment than they would at other times in their lives. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#certain #certain kinds #i #i do #kinds

I refresh Twitter as thoughtlessly as some twirl their hair. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#i #refresh #some #their #thoughtlessly