#lines

For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties. ↗

— Kurt Student

#another #british #casualties #containers #contributed

Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

#also #called #clear #had #i

Someone sits at a table or lies on a sofa while staring motionless at a wall or ceiling. Once in a while this person writes down seven lines, only to cross out one of them 15 minutes later, and then another hour passes, during which nothing happens. Who could stand to watch this kind of thing? ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#another #ceiling #could #cross #down

I love it when ugliness is beautiful. I love character flaws. ↗

— Marcia Gay Harden

#character #flaws #i #i love #love

Good roles are hard to come by, and whether they're a few lines or a lead, you snap 'em up when they come along. ↗

— Charlie Hunnam

#come #few #good #hard #lead

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty. ↗

— Abigail Van Buren

#poverty #ultimate

As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design. ↗

— Gianfranco Ferre

#design #express #flat #forms #i

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#apt #beautiful #came #her #human

Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#ever #i #lee #lines #neither

I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation. ↗

— Belva Lockwood

#actions #guidelines #i #know #laws