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Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make money with. I never felt that. If I took the assignment, I'd give it my best shot. ↗

— Roger Corman

#best #directors #down #felt #film

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#monarch #noblest #reveal #trait #true

Six months after that, I left Taiwan, first for Hong Kong and then for mainland China, where I spent another three months studying still more Chinese and generally kicking around the country. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#another #around #china #chinese #country

You could dress it up with a sequined headband,” Magnus suggested, offering his boyfriend something blue and sparkly. “Just a thought.” “Resist the urge, Alec.” Simon was sitting on the edge of a low wall with Maia beside him, though she appeared to be deep in conversation with Aline. “You’ll look like Olivia Newton-John in Xanadu.” “There are worse things,” Magnus observed. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fashion #magnus-bane #movie-reference #simon-lewis #movies

But I do think it's unwise, and it - to build a mosque at the site where 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of a terrorist attack. And I think to me it demonstrates that the - that Washington, the White House, the administration, the President himself seems to be disconnected from the mainstream of America. ↗

— John Cornyn

#america #attack #build #demonstrates #disconnected

But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing. ↗

— John Cornyn

#demonstrates #enthusiasm #going #i #i think

Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ↗

— Jim Costa

#advances #also #higher #higher quality #irrigation

As Taiwan's friend and ally, I believe it is important for the United States to monitor the situation in the Taiwan Strait very carefully to help ensure Taiwan is not forced into a position which would endanger its freedom or its democracy. ↗

— Jim Costa

#believe #carefully #democracy #endanger #ensure

Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#actor #being #care #force #i

Everyone now has a sacred cow in the tax code. For my money, the most sacred thing of all is our country and its growth, but the sacred cows have turned into a pack of wolves. ↗

— Ari Fleischer

#country #cow #cows #everyone #growth