#let

Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#carriers #confines #culture #every #his

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think. ↗

— Roger Ebert

#attention #completely #i #i think #more

In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct communication. You can say, 'I can't describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you.' ↗

— James Blunt

#because #cheating #communication #describe #detrimental

In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age. ↗

— Matt Blunt

#age #changes #economy #government #internet

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation. ↗

— Umberto Eco

#among #anticipation #bullets #direction #every

I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail, if the keepers were so minded. ↗

— Nellie Bly

#completely #could #how #i #insane

I'm on the list that I thought I'd never be on. I'm not sitting here thinking, 'God, I might get this part' or 'is it too late for me to play Hamlet?' It's really about: who do I get to work with? There's so many people on that list. ↗

— Joel Edgerton

#get #god #hamlet #here #i

Whereas 'Avatar' and other movies get shocks out of their three-dimensionality, 'Gatsby' is going to be about inviting the audience into this larger-than-life drama, letting them almost be inside the room rather than looking at it through the window. I think it will really work. ↗

— Joel Edgerton

#almost #audience #drama #get #going

In France, that let down the barriers more than a hundred years ago, the feeling of antipathy is still strong enough to sustain an anti-Jewish political party. ↗

— Franz Boas

#antipathy #barriers #down #enough #feeling

I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage. ↗

— Elizabeth Edwards

#completely #gay #gay marriage #i #marriage