#lt

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#constant #effect #enlightenment #facts #freedom

It's more important to promote a culture of life. What I mean by that is that I believe what we need to do is not change the law, but change hearts. ↗

— Charlie Crist

#change #culture #hearts #i #i believe

Insider trading is a serious crime. Do you know what the penalty for doing it is? Nothing, if you’re a member of Congress.
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— Jarod Kintz

#corruption #crime #criminal #crooked #filthy

In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country. ↗

— James Cronin

#another #assimilating #country #culture #enjoyed

Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#bringing #cinema #comes #culture #got

I also think the relationship I have with my audience is a lot more complex than what Hitchcock seemed to want his to be - although I think he had more going on under the surface as well. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#although #audience #complex #going #had

I don't mind writing so I didn't find that difficult, it's just a question of finding the time to do it. I kind of like the direct connection with the fans actually, it's pretty neat. ↗

— David Cronenberg

#connection #difficult #direct #direct connection #fans

I find it very difficult just to sit. I would love to learn how to do that with contentment. ↗

— Hume Cronyn

#difficult #find #how #i #just

Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste. ↗

— Nikki Giovanni

#cultivate #cultivated #taste

In the state I was in, if someone had come and told me I could go home quietly, that they would leave me my life whole, it would have left me cold: several hours or several years of waiting is all the same when you have lost the illusion of being eternal. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#death