#mo

Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts. ↗

— Philip Roth

#audacity #authority #beauty #belief #contest

You're staring," Lana said. "Yes. I am. I'm a teenage boy. Beautiful girls in wet underwear have a tendency to cause staring in teenage boys. ↗

— Michael Grant

#humor #lana #michael-grant #plague #sanjit

The more money the louder it talks. ↗

— Arnold Rothstein

#money #more #talks

If life is a game... I need new dice! ↗

— Jay Little

#wit #life

One thing that stands out throughout the entire year was that in South Dakota we are much more united than we are divided. Now the divided part creates news, but the united part is what moves us forward. ↗

— Mike Rounds

#dakota #divided #entire #forward #more

Years ago I realized that maybe I made mistake, politically, when I turned a lot of that stuff down. I would go off to obscure places and make movies that six people went to see. ↗

— Mickey Rourke

#down #go #i #lot #made

I had great admiration for the election of President Obama. I believe that the U.S. at that moment showed tremendous capacity to show that it is a great nation, and it surprised the world. It may be very difficult to be able to elect a black president in the U.S. - as it was very difficult to elect a woman president in Brazil. ↗

— Dilma Rousseff

#admiration #believe #black #brazil #capacity

That's definitely a part of who Superman is and definitely who Clark on the farm is. It translates to how calm he is. I feel like I'm pretty calm most of the time and relaxed, which gives presence to the character. ↗

— Brandon Routh

#character #clark #definitely #farm #feel

I think wealthy conservatives are busy investing in profit and job creation and enterprise, and wealthy liberals, many of them either from the media industry themselves or from - they recognize the value of communications and are more ready to put money into a less profitable enterprise, namely the media. ↗

— Karl Rove

#communications #conservatives #creation #either #enterprise

I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging photography I've ever done. It's a real challenge to work with the natural features and the natural light. ↗

— Galen Rowell

#challenging #done #ever #features #find