#mer

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#both #embraces #encircle #firmament #foe

A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration. ↗

— Richard Schickel

#become #characters #concerned #decoration #exercises

American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#amateur #american #american politics #free #handed

For me, football always meant that we came together as a family and, in the summer we played football outside. ↗

— Claudia Schiffer

#came #family #football #me #meant

Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views. ↗

— Mary Schmich

#angles #art #emerge #enter #good

American exceptionalism is the recurring character in the nation's narrative. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#character #narrative #nation #recurring

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#comes #late #merely #never #often

At this point, I think I would garner a lot of hate mail if I was now on the cover of Modern Drummer seeing as I'm not a modern drummer anymore. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

#cover #drummer #garner #hate #i

We have always been dreamers in Montana. ↗

— Brian Schweitzer

#been #dreamers #montana

It was really cool to work with Dakota Fanning. I've watched her grow up and I've always loved her films, loved her. It was amazing working with someone who was American as well, because obviously it's going to be a different energy straightaway. We got on really well; she's so professional and hardworking. ↗

— Kaya Scodelario

#amazing #american #because #cool #dakota